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...tired of sitting around my big expensive living room. My new Cadillac bored me. And I didn't know what the hell was right or wrong." Joseph Wambaugh, 36, the author of The New Centurions and The Blue Knight, is back on the beat as a detective with the Los Angeles police department after a six-month absence. Wambaugh's bestsellers about policemen have earned him more money than he wants to say, certainly more than his 13-year cop career. He still plans to write on his off-hours, but mainly, he says, "I want to stay...
...last round, Phelps seemed to have an advantage, holding a rook, bishop and knight to Cooper's queen. But he was unable to turn the position into...
...directors were prepared to keep Tsai on almost indefinitely, but he left because he has been unable to capture the presidency of the $1.6 billion conglomerate, ,a job he coveted. Now Tsai has bought control of Knight, Carry, Bliss & Co., Inc., a medium-sized brokerage firm that specializes in institutional business. "The brokerage business has gone through an unsettling period," Tsai says, "but my impression is that the clouds seem to have lifted. I am interested in concentrating on a limited number of high-quality growth stocks, and I feel very excited about the whole thing." That sounds like...
...last time we marched was in 1889, the centennial of George Washington's first Inauguration," said George Knight, one of the firemen manning the float...
Washington appeared to come alive after the half as quarterback Bill Kilmer, unable to move his team on the ground, went to the air. Three passes, of 11, 15, and 15 moved the 'Skins to the Miami 17, but the drive stalled and a Curt Knight field goal attempt went wide...