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...even the most reckless photographers draw a line between the acceptable and the unacceptable risk. "When I get hit I hope it's because I'm unlucky, not stupid," says Naythons who has been known to wear a bulletproof vest. "I'm never worried about the bullet with my name on it. I'm worried about the one that says, 'To Whom It May Concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Images: Freezing Moments in History | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...cash into money-market funds, which are operated primarily by brokerage houses and financial management firms, and offered interest as high as 17%. The assets of those funds more than doubled during 1981, to $186 billion. Says Walter Wriston, chairman of New York's Citibank: "Americans are not stupid. They have been seeking a better return on their money and getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaganomics: Turbulent Takeoff | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...reaction to the firestorm of criticism that greeted the Greider story was a flat denial-not of the views he is quoted as expressing, but of Greider's right to quote him. Said he: "Do people think I'm a dope? Does anybody think I'm stupid enough to say things like that with my name attached to it?" Greider was incredulous: "Nowhere in our conversations did he ever say a word about 'This is all off the record,' or 'You're not going to quote me, right?' " The journalist noted that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hoist by His Own Quotes | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

Silver, who is presently a chef at the Peasant Stock in Somerville, added that he will not change the dining room or kitchen, adding, "They are so beautiful, it would be stupid to touch them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding Restaurant | 10/28/1981 | See Source »

...neither are they stupid, nor oblivious to funny things. And in People magazine they found a focus that perfectly complements their backgrounds. As many people have pointed out before, People is merely paper-television, with identical subject matter and similar format. In the parody, the Poonies walk on comfortable and familiar ground; they have found a subject wedded to their talents. The glee, combined with the compulsive energy, with which they pursued their task appears throughout the parody in pleasing excess. It may be hard to imagine the Poonies as houseguests, but with the People parody, the Harvard Lampoon...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Wealth and Puberty | 10/21/1981 | See Source »

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