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...with bases in Charlotte, N.C., and Fort Mill, S.C., appeared on his TV network to explain why he had relinquished the reins of his $129 million-a-year PTL (for Praise the Lord or People That Love) empire. It was not because he had confessed to one afternoon of sin in 1980 with Jessica Hahn, a comely New York secretary who was then 21, he insisted. Instead, flanked by his forgiving wife Tammy Faye, Bakker said he had resigned to stop a "diabolical plot" for a rival evangelist's takeover of his church, which includes not only the cable network...
...ensuing 120 seconds, however, Harvard never got close to notching the first score of the game as the Falcons played an agressive man-down defense. As Flichel skated out of the sin bin, the Bowling Green fans and bench began to cheer...
Hyman Bookbinder, a longtime leader of the American Jewish Committee, declared, "Many of us feel that what Pollard did was a mistake, wrong, a crime, a sin . . . and what the Israeli officials did was wrong to initiate and even dumber to continue." Even normally pro-Israel U.S. legislators were embarrassed by Pollard's protestations that he had a "moral obligation" to spy for Israel. Such statements, said Florida Democratic Congressman Lawrence Smith, "are deeply distressing to American Jews, particularly those in the Government or close to it." On the other hand, Smith added, "much of the furor comes from circles...
...Wages Of Sin Ill-gotten or not, the gains of the Mayflower Madam are hers to keep. At issue was some $250,000 in book and TV-movie money paid to Sydney Biddle Barrows for her story as owner of a high-priced Manhattan escort service. Under a New York law passed to keep the "Son of Sam" killer from cashing in on his deeds, criminals cannot profit from their biographies. Barrows, who pleaded guilty in 1985 to promoting prostitution, argued that the law should not apply to victimless crimes like her own. Last week a New York court agreed...
Even if you allow for the added length of the western schedules, Harvard remains relatively penalty free. Bowling Green players sit in the sin bin for 28.7 penalty minutes a game, while the Crimson serves a paltry 14.6 minutes per game...