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...million from him in a civil suit, but he had no funds.) When Singleton moved in 1988 to his native Florida, the reception was equally hostile. A Tampa car dealer offered him $5,000 to get out of the state, and a firebomb exploded on his lawn. He had more luck later in Orient Park, where he moved into a house owned by his family. Some neighbors were ignorant of his past. Others felt sure Singleton had put it behind him. He proffered small gifts and helped out with tasks. "He was the kind of person who, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RECURRING NIGHTMARE | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

Thornton unfortunately saddles his script with too many Autistic Saint cliches--he fixes dead lawn mowers in minutes, he out-Gumps Gump on the football field--but he steadily reveals an emotional core that feels honest and unforced...

Author: By Nick K. Davis, | Title: Thornton's One-Man Show a Gem | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...think it would be pretty cushy being Bill Clinton these days. He has a devoted wife and a charming daughter. He lives in one of the world's most beautiful mansions and never has to worry about getting stuck in traffic or mowing the lawn. More grandly, polls show he has won the approval of a large majority of his countrymen, who only three months ago re-upped his contract in an Electoral landslide. His political adversaries are in disarray, and he's on a first-name basis with Sharon Stone. So life, for Clinton, is good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POOR, POOR, PITIFUL ME | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...boxer who just missed Olympic glory and at 32, has spent his life working for Jack Tierney as a mob enforcer. Billy is the first in the family to have left life as a laborer behind to embrace education, a college degree and a sub-urban, green-lawn dream of prosperity...

Author: By Sarah D. Kalloch, | Title: Mob Novel With A Subterranean Twist | 2/13/1997 | See Source »

...trouble and have Eileen McGann at your side. One of Connecticut's finest trial attorneys, she didn't become famous until she displayed her skills on the lawn of her house protecting her husband, presidential adviser Dick Morris, who had just resigned in disgrace at the Democratic National Convention. McGann has finally agreed to have a drink with me the day Morris is emerging after five months of self-imposed exile writing his much anticipated book, Behind the Oval Office. She begins our conversation while moving furniture 10 times her size back into place in her newly painted apartment overlooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I'M OLD ENOUGH TO NEVER SAY NEVER | 1/27/1997 | See Source »

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