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...more. Most of us are struggling to finance our college education. Tuition rises every year, and government assistance decreases. As each semester goes by, we sign away more and more of our future to loan officers working in this country's failing banking system. Lamar Alexander is no Ed McMahon, and President Bush is not going to show up on any student's doorstep holding a huge check...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Stakehorsing an Education | 11/1/1991 | See Source »

...strange things. On the night of Oct. 23, 1989, Matthew Stuart pulled his car alongside a blue Toyota parked in a predominantly black Boston neighborhood. The driver of the Toyota, Matthew's brother Charles, handed him a purse through the window. Accompanied by his friend John McMahon, Matthew ditched the purse in the Pines River. It contained the engagement ring of Carol Stuart -- as well as the .38 revolver that Charles had just used to kill his pregnant wife and then wound himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Fraternal Aid | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...black suspect. Ten weeks later, Matthew came forward and told authorities he had helped dispose of the purse. Next day, Charles committed suicide after reportedly telling his lawyer that he had murdered his wife to get her life insurance. Last week a grand jury indicted Matthew and his accomplice McMahon on nine counts ranging from compounding a felony to unlawfully carrying a firearm. McMahon was also charged with accessory to murder after the fact -- a charge from which Matthew, as the killer's brother, is exempt under Massachusetts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Fraternal Aid | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...waiting says. "I enjoy doing the political stuff" -- though his old stance of ironically outraged liberalism has been tempered as he segued from guest to host. Leno will also retain that charming anachronism, the studio orchestra. Bandleader Doc Severinsen will retire, though, as will Carson's faithful retainer, Ed McMahon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Passing The Late-Night Crown | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

Similarly, McMahon and the cast skillfully orchestrated the hectic hidings and costume-changes, fine-tuning the disorder. As Dr. Rance ran around searching for his newly "certified" lunatic, Dr. Prentice attempted to eject her from the compound and his suspicious wife tried to catch them all in the act. These well-acted hijinks sent the audience into laughter rather than confusion...

Author: By P. GREGORY Maravilla, | Title: Incest, Brits and Freudian Slips | 4/25/1991 | See Source »

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