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...good reasons for not seeking another term. His $69,800 annual salary is a fraction of what he could make with a major bank or corporation, and the job requires him to commute between Washington and Manhattan, where his arthritic wife works as a bookkeeper and houses a boarder to help pay the bills. Yet Volcker clearly loves his present work. Says a close associate: "There's no job anywhere at any salary that would be as exciting or as important or as historic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No. 2 in Washington | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...addition to opening boarder communication with groups like the BSA, Counter said he will continue to organize programs similar to this year's well-attended conference on Japanese internment during World War II and Noche Mexicana, a celebration of Mexican folk dance and music...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Students Will Assume Larger Foundation Role | 7/9/1982 | See Source »

...cerebral palsy. Though she is severely afflicted with arthritis, Barbara has gone to work as a bookkeeper for a small architectural firm to help out. Like many another cash-strapped American family, the Volckers are cutting back. They no longer buy theater tickets, and they have taken in a boarder to help boost their weekly income a little more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the 20 Cigar | 3/8/1982 | See Source »

...ramshackle town of Sweethaven. In residence, there are the Oyls, most notably Olive, Popeye's confused and confusing "sweet pattootie"; Swee'pea, Popeye's mischievous "adoptik infink"; the villainous, animal-like Bluto; J. Wellington Wimpy, the hamburger moocher; Rough-House, the short-order cook; Geezil, a boarder at the Oyls; and Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye's long-lost father. Several other bizarre characters skulk about having no apparent role other than adding to the absurdity...

Author: By Jared S. Corman, | Title: More Spinach, Less Altman | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

...legendary orifice check. We are treated to a shot of Marjoe with a proctoscope up his ass discussing Nixon and Vietnam with the doctor. Heavy. Later, he drives his microbus (decorated with a U.S. flag on the side and an eagle on the front, heavy again) over the boarder with Cheryl silently weeping in humiliation beside...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: Go Home, Red Ryder | 2/15/1979 | See Source »

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