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...tried unsuccessfully to sell his story to the Washington Post. He then gave the story to the Washington Times for nothing, in hopes of getting a book contract for the male version of The Mayflower Madam. This week Gobie will appear on Geraldo, discussing his prospects for a television mini-series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Skeleton in Barney's Closet | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...gambling floors are like giant pinball machines turned inside out: clangorous, noisy places where time is measured in chips remaining, where art can be Michelangelo's David in extra large, where employees are costumed as giant diamonds or Roman vestals in mini-togas. Amid all this, the ritual extraction of money produces shrieks, groans and -- sometimes -- incongruously grim determination. On his first night as a $25,000-a-year dealer, Larry Brown saw a gambler suffer a stroke. "What really shocked me is how the players reacted, how they continued making their bets, reaching over him and stuff," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Of Broken Dreams | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...NIGHTMARE YEARS (TNT, Sept. 17-20, 8 p.m. EDT). William Shirer's memoir of Hitler's Germany in the 1930s is re-created in an eight-hour mini-series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 18, 1989 | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

EMMY AWARDS (Fox, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. EDT). The mini-series Lonesome Dove is the odds-on favorite for top honors; Roseanne Barr, notably left out of the acting nominations, has already received the biggest snub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 18, 1989 | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

Last month, the Bolts made the ASL championship series against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, but lost the deciding mini-game at home. Things may be looking good for Boston's other summer pro club: they drew more than 5000 spectators for the championship series and expect to field the same young core of players next year. In other words, they'd like to see Kenney guard the nets again. And again. And again...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Reaching for the World--Cup, That Is | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

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