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...mother. But the new Sheriff Deeds is determined to dig up dirt about his father, spurred on by the discovery of bones and badge belonging to the relentlessly reptilian Sheriff Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson) whom old Sheriff Deeds may have killed. Add to the picture other family mini-dramas--another family's father-son conflict; Sam's high school sweetheart Pilar (Elizabeth Pena) and her family--and there's more than enough for the canvas...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, | Title: 'Star' an Antidote to Fluff | 7/16/1996 | See Source »

BOSTON: Just in time for a White House plagued with scandals, a mini-dustup appeared Wednesday around the Dole camp. After Simon Fireman, a former vice chairman of Bob Dole's presidential campaign finance committee, agreed to pay $1 million in fines for making illegal contributions to the Dole campaign, the Clinton campaign jumped on the opportunity to attach the words criminal and illegal to Dole. "He needs to give the details of his relationship with Mr. Fireman and what he knew about this illegal scheme," said campaign spokesman Joe Lockhart. Fireman acknowledged making illegal contributions to the Dole campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Former Dole Campaign Finance Chair Fined | 7/10/1996 | See Source »

Living up to its name, the Thumper Mini-Pro ($229) pounds on the back instead of rubbing it. Invented by nonpracticing chiropractor Ed Noble of Toronto, the Thumper is currently being rolled out at Sharper Image and Brookstone stores. How it works is no secret, say the experts; the device temporarily masks back pain with a more powerful sensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUTTING BACKS ON TRACK | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the 'Filegate' snafu opened with a mini-bombshell when Anthony Marceca, the army staffer at the center of the controversy, invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify. "His apparent reason for pleading the Fifth was an article in the Friday Wall Street Journal," says TIME White House correspondent James Carney. "It says that despite federal rules, Marceca was able to inspect his FBI file in Craig Livingstone's office after he was dismissed over a problem in his FBI background report." Marceca read allegations against him given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marceca Mum on Filegate | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...hardly constitute justice. De facto partition would leave 49% of Bosnia under the control of the Bosnian Serbs. Partition could also lead to the eventual involuntary dismemberment of Bosnia, with each of its larger neighbors, Croatia and Serbia, annexing a portion of the country, leaving a weak, landlocked Muslim mini-state around Sarajevo. Such a result would threaten the fragile stability in southeastern Europe. At a minimum, Albania, Bulgaria, the Former Macedonian Republic of Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey would all be affected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BACKSLIDING IN BOSNIA | 5/20/1996 | See Source »

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