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...join in the gaiety. Ranger Coach Fred Shero, the reclusive mastermind who in less than a year had transformed a team of patsies into prime contenders, spoke briefly to the press and then simply walked out of the Garden, got into his car and drove home. Right Wing Don Murdoch explained Shero's disappearance during a moment of triumph that is the stuff of coaches' dreams: "Fred is different from most coaches, and he's made us different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Miracle on 33rd Street | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...would be easy to conclude that Patti Smith is being produced and retouched by the invisible, massive forces of the record industry. And it is true that mastermind technician Todd Rundgren produced her newly-released album, Wave. But it still isn't Boston, and that is because of the angst...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: The Street Symbolist Finds Her Ark | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

Since the winter of 1976, ABC has dominated television entertainment and sports. In an effort to establish ratings superiority in news, ABC asked the mastermind of its sports operations, Roone Arledge, to take over as news president. His contribution is the network's evening news program--ABC World News Tonight...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Toobs on the Tube | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...connoisseurs. But experts at the Delaware conference said that art thieves usually are not specialists. Rather, they are the same sort of criminals who steal automobiles, TV sets and jewelry. "Let me dispel some myths," said Gilbert Raguideau, a French government expert on the subject. "There is no mastermind, no international art Mafia. We all have heard the legend of the mad, rich connoisseur who buys stolen masterworks. He does not exist." The works are sold to frequently unsuspecting collectors in the U.S. and abroad through dealers who care more about turning a quick profit than about checking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Artful Crime | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Along the way to Constantinople they find that Burton deBusch (James Hanes) is the mastermind behind SPAM's plot to fill the snuff boxes of the British with opium and blow away their entire navy. In the end, thanks to the efforts of O'Genick's fellow travelers, Spasm the Butler (Rich O'Leary) and Ella Mental (Doug Fitch), the scheme is thwarted. (Leavitt and Peirce's sales have dropped sharply since the show opened...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: The Smell of the Crowd | 2/24/1979 | See Source »

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