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Barring any last-minute delays, Hays will be placed on a stretcher on Sept. 14 with his arms, legs and chest strapped. A needle will be inserted into a vein and a harmless salt solution will begin to pass through a tube and into Hays' body. Next, Hays will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: A New Executioner: The Needle | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

Iowa Bob. Paternal grandfather, football coach and source of the important maxim: "You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed." Bob embodies the necessity to live with purpose and goals. Ironically, he dies of fright.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life into Art: Novelist John Irving | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

Body Heat-wonderful title-bears a family resemblance in plot and tone to James M. Cain's Double Indemnity: a man more ordinary than he thinks he is meets a newly rich femme fatale; sparks fly, plots hatch, a husband dies, insurance claims are debated, friendships fray, the lovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Torrid Movie, Hot New Star | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

Now, having outlived even his Smith-Corona, Bishop lives contentedly in Florida. "I had a glassy, superficial style and a seasoned touch for saying a lot in a few words," he says of his life's work. He is too modest. Bishop had strong legs, a sharp eye and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Making It News | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

This is the world of the zealots, where Irish youth are willing to starve themselves for their cause of driving the British out of Northern Ireland. It is an astounding kind of sacrifice-a brutal, lingering death, full of hatred and martyrdom, so fanatical and Irish. The moment one striker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Ready to Die in the Maze | 8/17/1981 | See Source »

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