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President George Bush, while watching on television his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Clarence Thomas, describe to the Senate Judiciary Committee the lack of indoor plumbing and other deprivations of his humble childhood, informs us that he was moved to tears. In his own words: "I choked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men, Women And Tears | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

These three tournaments are warm-ups for the big spring events--the National Indoor Team Championships, the Corpus Christi Invitational and the Blue-Grey Classic...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Netmen Eye NCAA Championship | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

These three tournaments are warm-ups for the big spring events--the National Indoor Team Championships, the Corpus Christi Invitational and the Blue-Grey Classic...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Netmen Eye NCAA Championship | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

Superchurches are unapologetic about passing the offering plate, and giant incomes make possible multimillion-dollar facilities that are another drawing card. The Texas-size Second Baptist Church of Houston, for instance, features a movie theater, weight rooms and saunas, a TV production center and outdoor and indoor gardens. The Family Life Center at Arizona's North Phoenix Baptist Church has its own gym, roller rink and racquetball courts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Superchurches And How They Grew | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

...Thomas was seven, the house burned to the ground and the family moved to Savannah; Leola and her daughter lived with an aunt while the two boys were sent to the well-tended home of their grandfather Myers Anderson. For the first time Thomas lived in a house with indoor plumbing. Anderson, who made a decent living selling ice and coal from the back of a pickup truck, could barely read but was a strong believer in education. He enrolled Thomas in a nearby school staffed by what white Catholics called "nigger nuns." They rode in the back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Marching to a Different Drummer | 7/15/1991 | See Source »

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