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...Annenberg said, "you make 50 enemies." Hundreds of Southern California somebodies were upset about not being invited to Sunday night's 500-person bash on a Los Angeles movie sound stage. Nancy Reagan was hostess, and the President's pal Frank Sinatra rounded up the entertainment (Ed McMahon, Perry Como). So Ol' Blue Eyes blew up, understandably but in vain, about his exclusion from the Queen's smallish (50 or so) dinners aboard Britannia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Her Majesty in Mellowland | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...know anything about it" said Thomas A. McMahon, McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics, calling serving on the committee a "new experience" for him. But McMahon, a published novelist, did say that politically he is "as red as a stoplight...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: 5 New Members Are Appointed to Harvard's ACSR | 9/24/1982 | See Source »

...remarking on how essentially different Bird and Erving are and trying to figure out why, then, they seem alike. Seldom assigned to guard each other, except for an occasional meeting on the fly, they can't be measured one-on-one. "You know what it is?" said Jack McMahon, the 76ers' assistant coach, who played with Bob Pettit, coached Elvin Hayes and Oscar Robertson and knows something about great players. "Those two guys love to play, and it shows in both of them the same way. Not just in the playoffs but all year long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Best the Game Offers | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

After eleven seasons, with American Basketball Association championships behind him and N.B.A. championships eluding him, Erving still plays for joy and radiates it. "You should see him at practice," McMahon said. "He always is ready to play a rookie one-on-one afterward. There is nobody like him for coming to play every night, except Bird. Bird is that way." If more were that way-not that good, just that way-the season might not seem so long. -By Tom Callahan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Best the Game Offers | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...McMahon will almost certainly be confirmed by the Senate. Hearings are expected to begin later this month, with a vote likely by early June. If McMahon clashes repeatedly with Casey, observers predict, he is independent enough to follow Inman's footsteps-right out the door. Said one former CIA official: "He's nobody's patsy. He has his pension and can leave when he likes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spook No. 2 | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

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