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At 33, four times married, Earle seems occasionally to be dedicating himself to Faron Young's country credo: "Live fast, love hard and die young." A fracas with a trouble-oriented Dallas cop last New Year's Eve will bring him to trial on an assault charge July 25, after...
In the midst of the political fracas over President Reagan's Supreme Court nominees and the Iran-Contra scandal, a dangerous attack is being mounted on the Constitution's guarantee of free speech and access to information, while much of the national press, The Crimson included, remains silent. At this...
Several NAS members faulted Lang, 59, for violating the traditional probity of the academy's proceedings. Says Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon, professor of computer science and psychology at Carnegie-Mellon University (and a Huntington backer): "In my 20 years in the academy, I've never seen a member who felt...
In Salvador, Stone was learning to wind the cinematic mechanism until it coiled with productive tension, both on the screen and on the set. "Working with Stone was like being caught in a Cuisinart with a madman," James Woods opines. "And he felt the same about me. It was two...
At week's end, with more perilous matters facing the country, Peres and Shamir agreed that Moda'i would rejoin the Cabinet but only as a Minister Without Portfolio. Shamir conceded to Peres the power to nominate the new U.S. Ambassador, but reserved for himself the right of veto. To...