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Yet Mondale very nearly scuttled all his meticulous plans with an uncharacteristically impulsive act on the eve of the convention: his move to oust Democratic National Committee Chairman Charles Manatt. Presidential nominees usually replace their party chairmen with their own people, but they generally wait until after the convention has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drama and Passion Galore | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

Readers of Caen soon learn more than they may want to know about his dietary habits (Shredded Wheat for breakfast), his haberdasher (Wilkes Bashford) and his favorite restaurants (Le Central and the Tadich Grill). Some of his word gags not only time eggs but also lay them ("bumpersnickers," for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Happening off the Floor | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

Dobrynin broke in under John Kennedy. The Ambassador attended the famous meeting where Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko lied to J.F.K. about missiles in Cuba. Dobrynin survived because U.S. officials concluded he had not known about the missiles either. His sense of humor carried him through tough times. Eyeing a new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: Eyes, Ears and Stomach | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

In what is described as a security precaution, the Summer School has cracked down on door-to-door solicitation in the dormitories which house some 2500 of its students.

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Summer School Tightens Ban On Door-To-Door Solicitation | 7/3/1984 | See Source »

TOP SECRET! Captured by the East German secret police, Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer), an American rock star turned secret agent, is being tortured. This happens off-camera, but we have some idea of his suffering because one of his tormentors has been introduced as "a moron who knows only what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Nothing New Under the Sun | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

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