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No other tenor in modern times has hit the opera world with such seismic force. At 6 ft. and nearly 300 lbs., "Big P," as Soprano Joan Sutherland calls him, is more than lifesize, as is everything about him?ins clarion high Cs, his fees of $8,000 per night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera's Golden Tenor | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

Little wonder, then, that San Francisco treated Pavarotti as the top attraction in La Gioconda, although the tenor role is not exactly the lead. Local hostesses vied for his exuberant presence at their parties. A dealer lent him a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud for ins seven-week stay. Between socializing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera's Golden Tenor | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

First as head of the department's criminal division and then as the number two man, he was handed the toughest problems the Department of Justice faced. He took over the investigation of FBI break-ins when five other lawyers quit in a dispute with Bell. It was Civiletti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Quiet Pro for Justice | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

The only apparent loser-apart from live-ins who may be sued in the future for re-education costs-was Michelle Marvin's flamboyant lawyer, Marvin Mitchelson. His contingency fee was a third of her award. Since Mitchelson claims to have spent about 5,000 hours working on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: $6.50 an Hour? | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

The 1979 edition of Parker's heavies is the smallest ever, averaging a not-so-petite 6-ft., 2-ins. and 185-lbs. They face a boatful of behemoths against Yale including Eric Stevens and Matt Levine, both 6-ft. 7-in. and 215 lbs. However, Harvard boasts more race...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Heavies Top Navy, Penn in Adams Cup | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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