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Attanasio wondered whether he could call himself Hercules. Despite his skinny arms and pathetic inability to lose weight over the course of two decades, Attanasio had always fancied himself a lifter of weights, had put in the hours in the cellar, yeah, pumping with the sump pump. His uncle and...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Hercules had trouble getting to the WCVB studios out in Needham. He finally threatened to walk, only 20 miles; it aroused the maternal instincts of a friend of his. On two hours sleep (Hercules always hated the morning) Hercules tried to frame questions. There was something in bodybuilding that touched...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

Arnold was already being interviewed when Hercules made it to WCVB. He ran a lumpy matron through some bent-arm flyes to increase her bustline. "Look, it's growing already." There was a satellite photo of Iranians whipping themselves on the second monitor. The woman did some more flyes.

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Arnies of the Night | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

From Britain, a Hercules plane has been flying 15 tons of supplies a day into Phnom-Penh's airport. The Australians have provided three charter flights and 80 tons of food and medicine. The Japanese government has approved a $4.5 million emergency grant for Cambodian refugees and has recruited a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

CORPORATIONS. To them, selling the dollar is mere prudence. A Japanese company may book an order to deliver $1 million worth of steel to the U.S., with payment due in 30 days. Rather than wait to receive the dollars, which by then might be worth fewer yen, the company quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dealers in Illogic | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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