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...commercial network's entry, headed by Peter Jay, a former British Ambassador to the U.S., arrived Feb. 1 with enough razzle-dazzle to cause some sleepy viewers to pull a pillow over their heads. TV-am produces a glitzy transplant of American morning television, slicker and faster-paced than its placid competitor. TV-am's morning programs have an annual budget of $12.4 million, as opposed to Breakfast Time's $9 million. According to Jay, TV-am's task is "to demystify the news." But as of the inaugural week the direction of the program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Snap! Crackle! Fluff! | 2/14/1983 | See Source »

Jimmy, 18, was arrested and charged with the murder. At a preliminary hearing last week, Lillian Herr testified that a bloody knife found under a pillow in the bedroom was her son's. Jimmy, a lapsed Mennonite who had been paroled on a burglary charge three weeks before Huyard's death, denies killing her. Family members on both sides say that the victim and accused had no reason to dislike each other. "If somebody would have told Naomi that boy was there, she would have gone anyway," says Isaac Huyard, one of four brothers who live on nearby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shattered Calm | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...magnetism. As the world is his jungle, women are his chosen prey. Marjorie tries a feeble ploy about a policeman husband asleep upstairs, but Raul knows better. He rips the phone cord out of the wall and pins Marjorie to the floor as he semi-suffocates her with a pillow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Hand Grenade | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...changing, and bonds are loosening. Old farmers sell out and head for Florida in brand-new campers; the congregations of small country churches are dwindling; Trappist monks are admired for not putting preservatives in their bread; and a disabled truck driver passes the time needlepointing a Star Trek pillow cover while his wife lifts weights. A story that begins "Leroy Moffitt's wife, Norma Jean, is working on tier pectorals" is a story whose second line is guaranteed to be read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Neighbors | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

Santas have different reasons for donning a bright red suit and stuffing themselves with pillow to freeze on a windy sidewalk or overheat in a stuffy department store. But all of them have an answer to the age-old question. "Santa, how did you come over from Filene's so quickly...

Author: By John D. Solomon, | Title: Life Behind the Beard | 12/8/1982 | See Source »

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