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All along, the President-elect had made plain that he wanted to fill his Government with individuals whose portfolios were already stamped with success. Amateurs and the unproven ambitious need not apply, though the proof of prior competence need not be in Government service. That meant, as Reagan knew, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking and Choosing | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

When he was approached about becoming Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Samuel Riley Pierce Jr., 58, did not exactly jump at the chance. Joining the Administration would mean giving up his partnership at the prominent New York labor law firm of Battle, Fowler, Jaffin, Pierce & Kheel with a salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three for the New Team | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

In the dusty Wyoming prairies, where Buffalo Bill Cody ended his pursuit of bison, the black rocker arms of oil wells thump to and fro through the night. In southern Montana, where the proud Sioux won their great victory, bulldozers scrape away the topsoil of cliffs to reveal vast seams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocky Mountain High | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

By Kenneth M. Pierce. Reported by Don Sider/Washington and James Wilde/Princeton.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: For ROTC, the War Is Over | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

From Manhattan came Detective Charles Nanton; from Oakland, Calif., Sergeant Alexander Smith. The detective credited with solving the seven "Merritt Parkway Bra" murders in Stamford, Conn., Lieutenant George Mayer, arrived. Detroit police lent the services of Lieutenant Gilbert Hill, who cleared up the "Browning Gang" case that had claimed 15...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Atlanta Murders | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

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