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The idea that every Cabinet officer must first be neat, trim and well pressed is backward. What is inside is more important than what is outside. The 6-ft. 2-in., 216-lb. Bennett bought his suits off the rack for less than $300 and sometimes got them pressed. "Enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Goodbye to All That | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

Symons' The Kentish Manor Murders (Viking; 191 pages; $15.95) is his third book starring the quirky Sheridan Haynes, an actor who, in portraying the Baker Street detective onstage, has developed an inflated sense of his celebrity and powers of deduction. The plot seems to have been inspired by the life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Suspects, Subplots and Skulduggery | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

On a dusty stretch of track outside Colton, Calif., a railroad bull confronted three rumpled men about to hop a stalled desert-bound freight. "Turn around," ordered the policeman, resting one hand menacingy on his gun. Frisking the hoboes, the lawman squinted in disbelief: their driver's licenses bore upscale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoboes From High-Rent Districts | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

Hitech's opponent in the opening round is an auditor from Milwaukee named Greg Wichman. A large rumpled man with a pocketful of pens, Wichman, whose own rating hovers just under 2000, does not look at all pleased about competing against Hitech. Playing White, he makes a traditional first move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chicago: Playing Hitech Computer Chess | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

JACKSON. High fashion, garnished with a pocket square. Hart gets the booby prize for his rumpled-tweed look.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pre-Primary Report | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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