Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From behind police lines, residents of Osage Avenue, who had been evacuated the previous evening, watched in disbelief as a column of thick black smoke rose from the rooftop. Minutes later flames appeared, mere flickers at first, then a mountain of orange. The fire raged unchecked as officials delayed responding so the flames (they later said) would burn through the roof and drop the bunker. Then they planned to drop tear gas through the opening. Just so, they hoped to flush out the occupants of the house, a bizarre radical cult known as Move...
...negotiate a peaceful resolution were made Sunday by Bennie Swans, director of Philadelphia's Crisis Intervention Network. The Move group, he said, insisted they would cooperate with the authorities only after their nine comrades were released from prison. As the hours passed, the chances of an armed confrontation rose: it was common knowledge that Move had plenty of weapons and probably a store of explosives. The house at 6221 Osage was a veritable fort. Move members had dug a deep bunker in the basement; city sanitation workers obligingly hauled away the dirt. The cultists had lined the interior with...
...cover image was taken by Francesco Scavullo, a top photographer of glamorous women. Scavullo has been shooting Madonna for the past two years "as her star rose," he says. The four-hour cover photo session in Hollywood, Fla., was arranged by TIME Picture Researcher MaryAnne Golon. "For a memento shot of the three of us," says Golon, "Madonna insisted we dance. 'I'll teach you a step,' she told us. She had us whirling around. When we finished, she cried, 'You're both hired...
Personal computer sales rose 11% in 1984, to 7.5 million. That rate would be high for an industry like steel or rubber, but it was much less than the 107% gain in 1983 and far below expectations. Moreover, the growth came primarily from computers for office use. The once sizzling home computer market now seems to be fizzling. Sales of machines targeted for the home actually declined by 4% last year, to 4.8 million. The industry originally expected to sell 7 million home computers in 1984. Says Charles Martin, editor of Personal Computing magazine: "The business has now returned...
...players. By all reports, enough of them are using coke to interest grand juries and alarm the commissioner. But since drug testing of major leaguers, as negotiated by their union, is a largely voluntary matter, Ueberroth is cracking down on the bat boys, secretaries, office clerks, scouts, managers (Pete Rose included?), owners--and commissioners--in a gesture that is undeniably noble, probably futile and more than faintly Olympian. Sentimental waves that start in sport and extend to the country must be considered his specialty...