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...come to this? Feminists didn't want to end sex in the workplace. After all, to paraphrase bank robber Willy Sutton, that's where the men are--not to mention where we spend most of our time. Many women want to date up on the organization chart and don't like the welter of regulations from the human-resources department that caution executives against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gloria, Gloria | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...love is even tougher at attitude-adjustment wilderness camps. Teens are enrolled for one to three months of rigorous camping and treks through the wild. To establish discipline, food and water are often withheld. For punishment, the camps often impose grueling hikes and uncomfortable sleeping conditions. Cathy and Bob Sutton of Ripon, Calif., sent their 16-year-old daughter Michelle to camp Summit Quest in the summer of 1990 because she had become depressed and dabbled with drugs after she was date-raped. The Suttons, who thought from a marketing director's pitch that the camp sounded challenging but kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This A Camp Or Jail? | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...where the purchasing power is," says Michael H. Jordan, chairman and CEO of Westinghouse/CBS, whose CBS unit airs hits like Touched by an Angel (featuring a helpful celestial spirit) that have made it the top network with viewers 55 or older. "We ought to call this the Willie Sutton strategy," says Jordan, referring to the legendary safecracker who said he robbed banks because that's where the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGE IS NO BARRIER | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

Jerry has only one ally: Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts), a justice department attorney he's infatuated with--even going to the lengths of parking his cab outside her apartment and watching her exercise every evening--who receives his wild tales calmly and begins to believe in him. As the plot thickens, Jerry is captured by "them" (you know, those "men in black" working for all those agencies with acronyms), drugged, plunged in water and tortured by having his eyelids taped so his eyes will stay open while he hallucinates scenes that could compete with the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." He manages...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, | Title: They're Not Out to Get You Just Because You're Paranoid | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

...helped raise funds for the family's legal expenses. An arrangement with prosecutors allowed Qubilah to avoid trial but also required her to undergo psychiatric, drug and alcohol treatment. She moved to San Antonio and began working at a radio station partly owned by former Manhattan borough president Percy Sutton, a family friend who was once her father's lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BETTY SHABAZZ: THE TROUBLES SHE'S SEEN | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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