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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decides to leave: "The idea is to get away from you, Dad, while I can still walk . . . I'm too young to die needlessly while on a weekend visit with my parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A House Is Not a Home | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

Desaulniers grew up in Montreal Canada, where his dad--the Canadian Veterans Champion-taught him the basics of squash. Desaulniers went on to win the Canadian Junior and U.S. Junior Championships, and then matriculated at Harvard because of its academics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Desaulniers Overcomes Khan But Loses Pro Tourney Final | 4/1/1980 | See Source »

Police say that Parnell convinced the young Stayner that he had been put under his custody by a court order. The boy tried to run away once, but got lost and returned. Stayner became known as Dennis Parnell and even began calling his kidnaper "Dad." They ended up in the cabin without water or electricity on an isolated ranch near Manchester. Stayner attended local schools sporadically but led a solitary life. He later told the police: "It was boring." Parnell worked as a night clerk at the Palace Hotel in Ukiah. "He was a quiet man who seemed a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Escaping Dad | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...producer's studio conduct, Johnny Ramone concedes that Spector is "eccentric," but deflects specific questions by saying, "I mean, Phil's going to read this article." At home, Phil's sons Gary and Louis, 13, and Donte, 10, are treated to notes from Dad left on the kitchen table that demand a scrupulous accounting of how they spend their allowances. Says Phil: "They can con me, but put it in writing. Then when the police call about pills or dope, then I'll know. I just want to know." Whatever the disposition of the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Going After the Real Nuts | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...takes to be a leader would do well to listen to Charles Knight. His father, Lester B. Knight, 72, who is one of the premier management consultants, programmed young Chuck to be a leader ever since he grew up on Chicago's gilt-edged North Shore. At 15, Dad packed his only son off to a client's foundry in a small Canadian town for a summer's work to learn blue-collar life. After that there were summer jobs in Switzerland, Germany and Argentina, engineering and business studies, varsity football and tennis at Cornell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View by Marshall Loeb: A Guide to Taking Charge | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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