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...manager and personal attorney who was named in his 1980 book Go Quietly . . .or Else. However, owing mainly to the international investment deals he packages, Agnew is believed to have a hefty in come. He owns a condominium in a waterfront high-rise in Ocean City, Md., and a lavish home in Palm Springs, Calif., where he surfaces sporadically to trim his golf handicap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Watergate Ghosts Rise Again | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...Secret Service done all it could to protect the President? As congressional committees began a series of post-assault probes, there was lavish praise for Agent McCarthy, who had stepped into the line of fire at the risk of his own life. Agent Parr too was complimented for his fast reaction. Contended one veteran agent: "Everyone did exactly what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

Caulkins is especially lavish in praise of her parents, who she says have been very understanding and supportive throughout her and her older sister Amy's swimming careers. "My parents have made tons of sacrifices in time, money, and energy for us," Caulkins says...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: A Level-Headed Champion | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...extroverted, jovial and quick to crack a joke; the other is introverted, serious, and reluctant to lavish praise. One de-emphasizes the importance of swimming--his team plays Ultimate Frisbee every Friday afternoon instead of lifting weights; the other demands an almost totalitarian dedication from his swimmers. And while one is characterized as "just one of the guys," the other is described as radiating a "god-like" and "fear-some" presence during workouts...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Two Sides of the Same Coin | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...bathing trunks pucker. Someone else cried out in the night: "Help! I'm tired of being the star of the show, the life of the party. Stop me before it's too late!" The Babar plotters bought another ad, this one offering a club membership and a lavish brochure for $5. Troise, an auto mechanic in his mid-30s, composed a mimeographed, both-sides-of-one-page exhortation titled "Lavish Brochure." At one time Glanting, 30, had a little success as a stand-up comic in clubs around San Francisco. Now he works for a coffee company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: The Life and Death of a Good Joke | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

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