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Sanchez said Cardona, who immigrated to the U.S. four years ago, quit his job with the Smith Brothers Maintenance Company after the incident and now works at another firm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Maintenance Worker Arraigned for Assault | 1/13/1989 | See Source »

Hackman can laugh all the way to the bank; at almost $2 million a picture, $ the money adds up. But even a workaholic must hear the ticking of a gold watch in his future. "There's a big part of me that wants to quit," he says, "and I'm listening more and more to that voice. But I tried pulling back before, after Superman in 1978, and found out there wasn't much else I was suited for." That's O.K. Hackman's job -- and his capstone role as Anderson -- fits him as snugly as the gray suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hackman: A Capper for a Craftsman | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...Black Bears are plagued by internal troubles. Two assistant coaches resigned and three players quit the team this week, citing "philosophical differences...

Author: By Christine Dimino, | Title: W. Cagers Go North To Face Black Bears | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

Tower insisted through aides last week that he was ready to jettison unnecessary weapons and reform Pentagon procurement, but only if Congress would quit meddling with hundreds of weapons and research projects each year. Yet unless Bush can find someone willing to serve as deputy, Tower may never get a chance to put his good intentions to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Tower's Hesitation Blues | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

...year-old two-room ancestral home in the Casbah of Nablus. He lived for his children, hoping they would be educated enough someday to become doctors and teachers. Then politics intruded into his quiet life and, given the frequent general strikes called by intifadeh leaders, he decided to quit his job in Israel. The $130 a month he now earns as a guard at a religious school is not nearly enough to provide even modest comfort. "Financially," says Abu Ali, as he is called, "I am tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Frustration Springs Eternal | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

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