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Berry has initiated special theme days such as Ballpark Day, when HDS employees served up franks, peanuts and popcorn, and Deli Day, when students were treated to fresh corned beef and pastrami.

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Michael Berry: Mealtime Messiah | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Sometimes even the church's biggest zealots can use a little protection. Screen star Travolta, 37, has long served as an unofficial Scientology spokesman, even though he told a magazine in 1983 that he was opposed to the church's management. High-level defectors claim that Travolta has long feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power | 5/6/1991 | See Source »

Saddam appeals to an obscure, almost magic sense of inevitability among some Arabs. Jordanians last week were recalling a popular but apocryphal tale that contains a prophecy. It is written that the Bedouin of Arabia, together with the Franks (Westerners) and Egypt will gather in the desert against a man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam and the Arabs: The Devil in the Hero | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

Not even the opposition of the N.A.A.C.P. could prevent Connecticut's Gary Franks from becoming the first black Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1935. Franks, 37, a prosperous real estate investor and a Waterbury alderman, is a fiscal conservative who opposes racial quotas. The Yale graduate hails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Notes Connecticut: Across the Color Line | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Elected from a staunchly conservative district, which includes some of the wealthiest communities in the nation, Franks knocked out Democrat Toby Moffett, an ex-TV anchorman and former Congressman who was backed by various civil rights groups. Says University of Connecticut political science professor Howard Reiter: "Expect him to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Notes Connecticut: Across the Color Line | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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