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After infiltrating some of America's most sensitive computer banks, is there any challenge left for a digital desperado? Only to go legit, say three former members of the notorious hacker group, the LEGION OF DOOM, who have quit the outlaw game to start Comsec Data Security. The Legionnaires claimed an 80% success rate in penetrating computer networks, and now they want to teach private industry to protect itself from the next generation of intruders. "You can't put a price tag on the information we know," says Scott Chasin, a Comsec partner. But they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After You've Beat 'Em -- Join 'Em | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Even though delegates at next week's convention will have to choose from a slate of flawed candidates, the Teamsters have come a long way in two years. More than 100 leaders have been charged with crimes, and nearly half of them have already quit or been forced out. "I don't think it will ever again be business as usual," says labor reformer Jennik. Or as administrator Lacey puts it, "Who emerges victorious is really not our concern as long as it's done fairly and honestly." In this case, the uncertainty of the outcome is evidence that America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Revving Up For a Cleanup? | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...Southern wings of the church have merged, but liberal-conservative differences have continued to simmer. This year's controversial 200-page morality report, Keeping Body and Soul Together, emanated from an official study committee under the Rev. John Carey, religion chair at Agnes Scott College in Georgia. Two members quit early, and one raised charges that the panel was stacked with liberals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does God Really Think About Sex? | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Then turning the page, he saw only "You're on your own, you son of a bitch. I quit...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Author! Author! Wherefore Art Thou, Author? | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...times, there has been the danger of burning out. In 1990, in the aftermath of the Olympic experience, Wylie was about to quit figure skating for good because his results had plateaued and he wanted to get more involved in the school environment...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Twirling Between Harvard and Olympic Skating | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

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