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Others may have been treating it as a joke, but Johnny Carson, 58, was not amused. His wife of ten years, Joanna, had filed papers seeking support from him, pending the resolution of the couple's divorce. The requested amount: $220,000 a month. And what did she need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 31, 1983 | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Hawkins began his own businesses, among them a motorcycle escort service for weddings and funerals, and several mortuaries. Today the Hawkins family runs a loose conglomeration of 18 firms that includes nursing homes and construction companies and a 35-acre farm. Family members drive a BMW, Lincoln Continental, Mercedes and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You Can Only Take So Much | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

To some degree, all of this literary boasting invokes the familiar Archie Bunker syndrome. Many of Buckley's fans drive mere Mercedes instead of limos but somehow reap vicarious prestige by knowing (even if only through a book) the rich kid on the political block. "How true, Bill," they might...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: The Politics of Peter Pan | 10/22/1983 | See Source »

The California investigators believe that Saxon's company may never have purchased all the gold that investors paid for, and that Saxon diverted much of his clients' money to his personal use. He owned another home in Venice, a $59,000 Maserati, a Porsche and a Mercedes. He...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fool's Gold | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

That sense of political separation is common among members of the rapidly dwindling middle and upper classes in Nicaragua (pop. 2.9 million). Their feeling of disquiet about the country's future is loudly echoed by the Reagan Administration. In Washington's view, Nicaragua and its four-year-old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Nothing Will Stop This Revolution | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

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