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...pioneer of the comix form, Tezuka (1928-1989) has been enjoying a spate of U.S. releases in the last couple of years. Dark Horse continues to publish his Astro Boy series (see TIME.comix review) while Vertical Inc. just released volume four of the gorgeous eight-volume "Buddha" series (see TIME.comix review). Meanwhile VIZ has been publishing the first of the "Phoenix" books - the master's unfinished, twelve volume magnum opus. The fourth, "Phoenix: Karma" (366pp; $15.95) has just been released. The fifth volume, "Resurrection," is due in November. (Sadly, the remaining seven have not yet been contracted for publication.) While...
Hughes isn't a masochist--that is his homegrown quality-control system. In 1990 he helped pioneer in the U.S. the development of garments that protect skin from the sun, and his company, Sun Precautions, is now one of the world's leading manufacturers of sun-protective clothing. Hughes goes under the sun lamps because he feels a sense of duty toward his customers. "It's important from an ethical consideration. I don't want anybody to buy a product that doesn't work," he says. "I believe management should be on the front lines and not in some back...
DIED. ROBERT TEETER, 65, gentlemanly but tough G.O.P. pollster; of cancer; in Ann Arbor, Mich. After a stint coaching football at his alma mater, Albion College, he helped guide the campaigns of four Republican Presidents, beginning with Richard Nixon in 1968. A pioneer in the use of focus groups and daily tracking polls, he proposed Dan Quayle as former President Bush's running mate in 1988. Four years later, as the team's campaign chair-man, he drew much of the blame for its failed re-election bid from critics who said he had underestimated the strength of rival Patrick...
DIED. RAY CHARLES, 73, pioneer soul singer and musical institution for more than 50 years; of complications from liver disease; in Beverly Hills, Calif. (See ESSAY, page...
...Boardsailing is relatively new at the Olympics (the men's event debuted in '84) and Kendall is a pioneer who has adapted her techniques as the sport has become more sophisticated and demanding. "It's taken a long time to educate people that while we might have a very fun sport, it is also tough, professional, technical and physical," she says. So much so that she doesn't even enjoy the Olympics, she says: "When you're there, it sucks. Our competition goes on for so long. By the time it's finished you're so exhausted...