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First, Willum's client, Tiki (Ed Upton) appears with his wife, Clelia (Kate deLima) and son, Thor (Doug Miller). Together, they comprise a paradigm for a dysfunctional family. As a couple, Tiki and Clelia are meticulously clad in brown clothes to emphasize that the are the curmudgeon's curmudgeons. Upton's Tiki speaks with a stiff upper lip and in a controlled baritone. His impressive range allows him to play convincingly a much older character...

Author: By Marco M. Spino, | Title: Exagerrated Nerd Gets Its Revenge | 10/13/1994 | See Source »

...learning on the job. Still, Gorbachev brings to his new job one irreplaceable asset: the respect of world leaders. Recently he wrote President Clinton to say, in effect, "I stopped nuclear testing; you can too." Says Green Cross board member Thor Heyerdahl (whose writings, beginning with Kon-Tiki, greatly influenced the former Soviet President): "Even though ! there are other international environmental organizations, I came here because Gorbachev has the stature, intelligence and drive to make things happen. He realizes that the threat is grave, and he gives me hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gorby the Green Warrior | 9/6/1993 | See Source »

That wasn't the Tahiti we wanted to see. We were looking for the Tahiti of Kon Tiki, of South Pacific, of Mutiny on the Bounty. One with lei-bearing natives, grass-thatched huts and cute little pigs running wild among the palm trees. And with miles and miles of pristine white sand beaches...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: Fa-a-a From Paradise | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

Following a tip from an informant, law-enforcement officials in the small Massachusetts port town of Fairhaven tailed a tractor-trailer to Mullen's wharf earlier this month. As they watched, a 71-ft. fishing boat called Tiki X unloaded its cargo: 30 tons of pot. By dawn's light, police had arrested 26 men; all were later charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate state narcotics laws. The next morning, about 400 miles southeast of Cape Cod, a Coast Guard cutter intercepted the Biscayne Freeze, a 240-ft. freighter registered in Panama. After firing five rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Pot Where It's Not as Hot | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...this county a better place to live." Because of this visible support and all the money they pay in wages the coal companies resent charges that they are not doing enough to help the county. Michael H. Vallez. Mapco's vice president in charge of all the Martin county Tiki mines, says a recent land study charging the large companies of hurting the region by taking money out of the county was biased. He notes that "every time you have a MacDonald's or a Pizza Hut move in that's an absentee land owner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mines Shape County and Land | 4/15/1982 | See Source »

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