Word: sams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...become, in limited release, this summer1s movie of choice for grownups who still regard intricate narrative and careful characterization as the most treasurable of special effects, says TIME's Richard Schickel. There are no explosions here, just a skeleton unearthed from a shallow grave after a 30-year rest. Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), sheriff in a Texas border town where even corruption proceeds at a somnolent pace, has reason to believe these to be the earthly remains of a sadistic and crooked predecessor, Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson). He also guesses that his late father Buddy, who succeeded Charley as sheriff...
...exactly Democratic territory. It is one of the wealthiest congressional districts in the country (its $47,000 median household income ranks 23rd of 435 districts) and strongly Republican (56% of voters in the Sixth backed George Bush in 1992). But centrist Democrats like Georgia Governor Zell Miller and Senator Sam Nunn have also run strongly in the Sixth, and Democrats insist that Gingrich's abrasive personality is turning off voters across the board. Says Steve Anthony, executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia: "If we can show the voters that our candidate fits the profile they want but with...
...SAM GWYNNE and LARRY GURWIN, who collaborated on this week's investigative story on the controversial Austrian trading company Nordex, used to be fierce rivals. Before joining TIME last year, Gurwin wrote for the Economist and the now defunct business magazine Regardie's on the early 1990s scandal involving the Bank of Credit & Commerce International (B.C.C.I.)--a story that Gwynne had reported on for Time. What's more, they both co-authored books on that tangled tale. It was useful preparation for their encounter with Nordex. Unlike B.C.C.I., Nordex has never been charged with any crimes, although it has been...
...SAM NUNN (D., Ga.), above left --$400 golf clubs from the Museum of Aviation...
Dashiell Hammett might be called the principal love of Hellman's busy love life. He is credited with inventing the hard-boiled detective with the dour, daring Continental Op of Red Harvest and Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon. A clear, forceful prose stylist, Hammett was also a loner, a womanizer and a drunk. He had none of Hellman's worldly ambition, and he tailored his behavior to no one. Needless to say, she was crazy about...