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The former Navy radioman had much reason for remorse. At last week's sentencing hearing, prosecutors made public two affidavits containing new details of what the Soviet Union got for the $332,000 apiece that it paid Whitworth and his former Navy cohort, Spymaster John Walker, from 1975 to 1985...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice for the Principal Agent | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

Chicago Court Reporter Richard Dagdigian, like any good stenographer, can take down rapid-fire testimony faster than a judge can bang a gavel. But until recently he was the only one in the courtroom who could decipher his notes. This resulted in long pauses in the proceedings while he flipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: The Courtroom of the Future | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

It's Sunday night, the beginning of production week for The Tempest. The cast is tense yet confident, like a seasoned platoon preparing to return to the front. Tonight we must finish the cue-to-cue work, synchronizing the lighting changes with the actors' scenes on stage. The director, Patrick...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: An Insider's View | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

The words came haltingly, in misshapen clusters. Toad's fingers lunged and jabbed and oversteered. When he paused to reread a sentence, he found that he could not decipher it. The language came out Etruscan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Scribble, Scribble, Eh, Mr. Toad? | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

It is an incomparable tool for the season. After the box scores begin to pile up and the pitching rotations start to whirl around, the Abstract gets laid aside until the off-season, as you concentrate on the season at hand. The Analyst, on the other hand, is a book...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Take Me Cut to the Numbers Game | 4/13/1985 | See Source »

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