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...Dennis Peck (Richard Gere) has so many wives and children by his various marriages that he doesn't know what to do. Except steal to support them. And, for relaxation, lure other men's wives into extramarital affairs. He may be + the most thoroughly corrupt (and corrupting) cop in an overcrowded movie field. His response to a departmental investigation is to threaten to seduce the wife of head detective Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) if Avila doesn't quash the case. No question about it, Internal Affairs is a nasty, sometimes brutal, piece of work. But Gere is hypnotic, writer Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Feb. 5, 1990 | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...been discovering inequalities that exist within the league." Peck- ham said. "Differences favor some schools to atremendous degree...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Enter Season With New Faces, New Maladies | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

Earning spots on the second unit were linebacker Craig Peck, offensive tackle Gerald Mahon and wide receiver Mark Bianchi. Bianchi, the squad's leading receiver and leader in average yards per rush this season, was also named to the first team of the Coca Cola/New England Football Writers All-Star squad...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: All-Ivy Captain and His Second Mates | 12/1/1989 | See Source »

Reardon was named Harvard's athletic director in 1977 only after the original choice, Williams College Athletic Director Robert Peck, refused the job because of opposition by undergraduates and alumni to a non-alumnus being named to the post...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Wu, | Title: Cleary Interviews For A.D. Post | 11/9/1989 | See Source »

...firm answer to the question uppermost in every Californian's mind: the earthquake that hit San Francisco last week was not the long-feared Big One. While it packed a punch, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale,* the 1906 earthquake was 25 times as strong, at 8.3. Warns Dallas Peck, director of the U.S. Geological Survey: "The question is not whether a bigger earthquake is coming. The question is when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Waiting for the Big One | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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