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...evidence on the alleged scheme had begun in 1978, when the double-dealing Orlando told his FBI contacts in New York about Masselli's Mob connections and his operations. With this information, the New York agents on Jan. 4,1979, got a court order to bug conversations and tap telephones at Masselli's meat-packing warehouse in The Bronx. Over six months this produced 892 tape recordings. The mobsters talked about Jo-Pel, the Frascone murder and Democratic officials in New York City and Albany who, they claimed, were corrupt. Donovan was mentioned in various contexts at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Out for the Defense | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...more of this good stuff: a friendly poke at beastly aunts, a discourse on the proper waistcoat, and a drunken tirade shouted by a lovesick newt-fancier at a public school awards ceremony. The whole thing comes to a good old-fashioned musical finish with a bit of tap-dance and "Sonny...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sunai, | Title: The Butler Does It All | 10/2/1984 | See Source »

...nifty new books tap the tangled roots of rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Dancing in the Outer Darkness | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

...valued just as much for shrewd passing as for shooting. Her bursts of brilliance, known to the admiring as Miller Time, were typified by one spectacular 52-sec., eight-point rampage in the gold-medal game. With the U.S. ahead by 50-38, she soared above the rim to tap in an offensive rebound, snared a defensive rebound and drilled a 60-ft. pass up court to Denise Curry for a score, stole the ball and traversed the length of the court for a layup, and finally attracted a trio of Korean defenders before passing deftly to Curry for another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stonger | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...something in the last. The Democrats' model of the perfect candidate, a Platonic form buried somewhere in the subconscious of the party, may indeed be John Kennedy, the slain prince. Gary Hart seemed to think as much during the campaign. He quoted and even impersonated Kennedy, trying to tap into underground wells of memory and longing in the souls of the baby-boom generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: All Right, What Kind of People Are We? | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

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