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...prefers his cash "under the table" rather than by way of one of the new trust-fund arrangements the International Amateur Athletic Federation has approved as a slender hedge against hypocrisy. Also on behalf of under-the-table money, Fred Lebow, the New York Marathon's candid proprietor, points out that it "is legal as far as the governments are concerned as long as the athletes pay their taxes. It's acceptable to the media-they've known about it for decades. The public knows about it. The athletes benefit financially. Consequently, everybody is happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pure Joy Is Running Out | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

...There's no arrogance quite like that of a competitor who thinks big money makes him the sole proprietor of creativity, the father of technology and owner of the rainbow." May the crispiest crust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Pie in the Eye | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...discovered silk, which we used for sportswear." Their designs are sassy and declarative, their colors showy but controlled. "We make clothes for a more urban lady, a sophisticate who follows the fashion magazines," says Pinky, who was recently in Milan showing off a collection at a small hotel whose proprietor clears the entire premises when the two women move in. Their new line for fall features short skirts, knitted sweater dresses with hefty shoulders tapering down to a mid-thigh hemline, and Irish tweed overcoats that look like a Black and Tan fantasy. "We still do avant-garde clothes," Pinky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Cheers for the Home Team | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...none of its style or depth of feeling; it has some of Animal's raunchiness, but none of its loony anarchy. The title refers to a '50s bawdy house where six Florida youths search for sexual initiation, find humiliation, and then, by revenging themselves on its proprietor, achieve a sort of do-it-yourself rite de passage. The rest of the time they spend spying on the girls' locker room and recalling the sex jokes of yesteryear. Bob Clark (Murder by Decree) is the writer-director here. If he knew how to stage comedy, or find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rushes: Apr. 5, 1982 | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

Richard Reynolds, the local representative from the Hines Co., could not be reached for comment. Eileen Lang, proprietor of The Big Picture, a store in the Mt. Auburn St. building, refused to comment yesterday...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: City Blocks Work On Condo Project | 12/8/1981 | See Source »

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