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Sloppy about his personal finances, with a careless disdain for paying bills and taxes that hurt him during the campaign (and cost him a month in jail in 1972), Washington has not profited financially from a lifetime of politics. His first marriage, to his high school sweetheart, ended in divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going the Distance | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

But influence does not guarantee indulgence. As the great Russian scrutinizes the great Spaniard, revisionism becomes the order of the day. Sancho's celebrated proverbs are in fact "not very mirth provoking . . . The corniest modern gag is funnier." Don Quixote's attempts to act like an old cavalier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Shadow | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

Some recalcitrant states, in reply, charged that DOT was sloppy in selecting the routes for the interim list. According to the New Jersey transportation department, DOT opened to 40-ton trucks a portion of Route 9 in the state that includes a bridge currently posted with a twelve-ton weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rigged for a Collision Course | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

Playing up to par, the Crimson was fairly evenly matched in talent with its hosts, but home-field advantage proved a big help for the Blue Hens in holding off Harvard in the second half. Rain had turned a poor field into a quagmire before game time. The Crimson had...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Anything But Relaxing: Women Triumph, Men Fall | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

David Solomon's incarceration is a political orisoner is not his only credential: he is an internationally known author and editor of two out standing anthologies on psychoactive substances--The Marijuana Papers and LSD The Consciousness-Expanding DrugAs your reporter should have witnessed, he is a vigorous and outspoken defender...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flying Facts | 4/9/1983 | See Source »

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