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...around Oyster Pond, where specially outfitted gardeners had cleared away thickets of poison ivy. The McNamara house is spectacularly situated, at the end of a three-mile private road marked by red, white and blue balloons. Inside, there are bookcases and blond-wood furniture. The nearest neighbors are Mrs. Thornton Bradshaw, the widow of the RCA chairman, and Agnes Gund, president of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art. A visitor to the house said it has had an air of neglect since McNamara's wife Margaret died in 1981. McNamara, who won't be back at the house until...
...minutes after 10 p.m., as the electronic counter tabulated the vote in progress, Democratic party whips realized that just three members controlled the outcome: Williams, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania and Ray Thornton of Arkansas. If two of them voted no, the bill would be kaput. Williams went to Thornton, hoping that he would vote yes, thereby removing the need for Williams to do so, but the Representative from Little Rock had never intended to go with Clinton. He had already made his concession to the Democratic leadership, which was to withhold his no decision until late enough...
SUMMERTIME AT THE TIME & LIFE BUILDING MEANS VACAtions and vacant desks -- a perfect time to have some extra help around. Fortunately, each summer since 1977 we have received that help from student interns. The youngsters "provide an energy that is very refreshing," says Debara Thornton-Klein of the human- resources department for all Time Inc. magazines. "It's infectious." In return the students receive a little money and a lot of experience. Since each works at only one magazine, we gather them at regular brown-bag lunches so they learn about the company's various publications. Most are entering their...
This year Thornton-Klein contacted placement offices at 42 colleges and reviewed 60 applications for 18 slots on the editorial staffs of our magazines. Her colleague Nancy Walter, who handled applications for the publishing side, sent TIME two interns. Evelyn Jones is in her second summer, taking on a range of tasks for public affairs director Robert Pondiscio, while Nikki Taylor works in the marketing division, analyzing how our coverage compares with that of other magazines...
...13th of each month, eight to 120 people take off all their clothes, lather up with shaving cream, and run around campus leaving their imprints on people's dorm room doors," Thornton says...