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...Guinier's nomination, the Clinton Administration has developed a new list of candidates to head up the Justice Department's civil rights division. Among them are Lynn Walker, director of human-rights and social-justice programs for the Ford Foundation (her plus: has skimpy, Souter- like paper trail); John Payton, the corporation counsel for the District of Columbia (his plus: is viewed as nonthreatening conciliator); john powell, American Civil Liberties Union legal director (his minus: prefers to lowercase name a la e.e. cummings); Judith Winston, Department of Education general- counsel designee (her minus: already nominated for an Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nformed Sources | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

GERIATRIC SUPERSTARS should all take a cue from Walter Payton, a good example of the right way to end a career. When your skills start to abandon you, call it a career, tool around the neighborhood in your Lambourghini and let the world remember you as the truly gifted performer you were. These guys should realize that they are ruining the image they created in their youth. The Muhammad Ali of today...

Author: By John L.S. Simpkins, | Title: Say Goodbye to Fading Stars | 4/3/1992 | See Source »

...everyone is enamored of Alexander's record as an education Governor. "He brought education to the forefront as a topic at everyone's kitchen table," concedes Relzie Payton, president of the Tennessee Education Association, the state teachers' union. But Alexander was also a tireless self-promoter, she argues, whose follow-through was less impressive than his goals. Alexander's educational efforts in Tennessee have met with mixed success, and, Payton adds, "Choice was mentioned, if at all, in passing while he was Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush's Point Man | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...sister Carmen a manicure salon and a condominium in Tarzana. He set his brother Darron up in a high-rise on Wilshire Avenue in Westwood, paying the $3,000 monthly rent. Moving frequently to avoid being ripped off by other drug dealers, Bo placed his common-law wife Linda Payton and their son Brian Jr. in a San Fernando Valley apartment. As a hideaway, he bought a $200,000 house in Chatsworth with cash. Since he put many of his relatives to work in his crack business, he had to provide them with cars. He kept a fleet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fling of a High Roller | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...Justice Payton plans to use the proceeds of his new $38,200-a-year post to get him through Collin County Community College and perhaps a law degree later. May it please the court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Notes Texas: New Kid on The Bench | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

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