Word: kidder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chinks appeared in the White Knight's armor. McGuane and Crockett were divorced, and a nine-month marriage to actress Margot Kidder (Superman) came and went. In 1977 McGuane took a third trip to the altar, with Alabama-born Laurie Buffet, who is the sister of his friend country singer Jimmy Buffet. McGuane's reputation bottomed out in 1978 when he received a critical licking for Panama, a caustically humorous novel that limned the dark side of fame. The same year, actress Elizabeth Ashley threw fat on the media fire by sparing few details of her romance with McGuane...
AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN by Tracy Kidder (Houghton Mifflin; $19.95). In this close-up view of a typical fifth-grade class, the Pulitzer-prizewinning author portrays living, breathing children, often overwhelmed by homegrown problems, and an outstanding teacher who scores an A for dedication...
...courts have upheld similar efforts in limited cases by Virginia and Michigan to levy sales taxes on criminal activities, Kidder said...
...Kidder said the revenue department intends to work with local and state police to go after unreported assets that drug agencies are unable to seize through direct links with drug money...
...probably think they would not start doing that," Kidder said. "I think what we would see as a result is just another weapon available to us and to law enforcement officials to use against drug dealers...