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...desperate need of leadership," says Moss, "and it simply isn't there." A TIME/CNN poll of New Yorkers taken during this summer's rash of killings showed that only 47% approved of Dinkins' performance, and an equal number believed he is no different or worse than his abrasive predecessor, Edward I. Koch...
...most powerful Mob family, any form of government foot dragging can only be good news for Dominick (Quiet Dom) Cirillo, the heir apparent to the family's throne. Cirillo, 61, who lives in a simple house in the Bronx, could prove even more elusive to the feds than his predecessor. Unlike Gigante, who has a criminal record dating back 40 years, "Quiet Dom" has been nailed just once, with a one-year suspended sentence for narcotics sales...
Despite the similarities to its predecessor, Burden of Proof creates a separate identity for itself. Its borrowed character, Stern, figured only in the minor role of legal mastermind in Presumed Innocent. In his recent book, Turow creates the fuller character of a man tortured by his wife's death...
...twice that amount on Sundays. He also had to report to a publisher newly appointed to oversee both the news and business operations, a combined position that Roberts vigorously opposed. The biggest challenge facing the new editor, Roberts protege Maxwell E.P. King, 46, will be to maintain his predecessor's standards of excellence in an era of belt tightening and corporate control...
...native of Cleveland, he began his career at a newspaper syndicate, hand lettering the dialogue balloons in Alley Oop and other cartoon strips. He served as art director of the now defunct More magazine, a journalism review, before coming here in 1977 as deputy to Walter Bernard, his predecessor as art director. Together, Bernard and Hoglund created the design that remains the basis for TIME's look today. That design began to evolve almost immediately as editors and art directors discovered its flexibility. Technology has made that task both easier and more overwhelming. Our art directors work directly on Macintosh...