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1991 Stories by Tom Fitzpatrick

• WHAT WE SERVE IS . . . THROUGH

  published July 10, 1991

  Almost every day there is a new development in the America West Airlines story. I discount the ones that involve Governor J. Fife... More >>

• THE FIRE THIS TIME

  published July 3, 1991

  "I've been waiting two days to get on the stand," Chuck Diettrich says. He is a husky man in a dark blue pinstripe suit. He paces slowly... More >>

• THE RISE AND GALL OF RUBEN ORTEGA

  published June 19, 1991

  He loved power. Without it, Ruben Ortega was just an ordinary man. He was possessed of neither dazzling wit nor overwhelming... More >>

• THE JUDGE'S LONG GOODBYE

  published June 12, 1991

  This would be different. For nearly twenty years, Philip Marquardt had been a Superior Court judge. Whenever he took the bench to speak,... More >>

• THE OLD SOLDIER

  published June 12, 1991

  The organ played softly. The casket containing Joseph Hessinger's body was rolled slowly down the sloping aisle to the front of the... More >>

• ONE LAST CALL

  published June 12, 1991

  I'm not surprised the jury didn't convict Richard Horwitz on two counts of second-degree murder. I wouldn't have voted for his... More >>

• Keating's Camelback Connection

  published June 5, 1991

  So much happened here. And now the grass bordering the headquarters of Charlie Keating's American Continental Corporation at 2735 East... More >>

• SOMEWHERE, BILL LEE IS LIGHTING A VICTORY CIGAR

  published May 29, 1991

  These are truly dark days for sportswriters covering the Chicago Cubs. The sacking of Don Zimmer, a popular manager, is a... More >>

• NO MORE NEED TO LEAK'M, MECHAM SPEAK'M AND TWEEK'M CAUSE PRESS TO FREAK'M

  published May 29, 1991

  Evan Mecham was back. And even though he still sported that same crooked grin, this was a new Mecham. No longer Arizona's governor, he's... More >>

• THE CROOKED DIGNITARY

  published May 22, 1991

  Jim Meredith, the former Republican majority leader of Arizona's House of Representatives, is obviously a man without shame. If I... More >>

• BEAUVAIS' BUMPY RIDE

  published May 22, 1991

  I wanted to make sure I'd get a seat at the America West Airlines stockholders meeting. For this reason, I drove down I-10 to the Pointe at... More >>

• IN PLAIN VIEW

  published May 15, 1991

  This is a brief account of a Maricopa County deputy sheriff's overreaction and stupidity. During the sentencing of state Senator... More >>

• BETRAYAL LESSONS

  published May 15, 1991

  His appearance in the courtroom was a shock. We all remembered him as belligerent and fearless during the impeachment trial of Evan... More >>

• PREZ CREDENTIALS

  published May 15, 1991

  We are too hard on Dan Quayle. We should accept the heir to the Pulliam fortune for what he is rather than fret about his becoming... More >>

• COTTON'S CLOWN ACT

  published May 8, 1991

  What's left to say? They were awful. Who else could I be talking about except the Phoenix Suns? There are times when a ball... More >>

• The Last Laugh

  published May 8, 1991

  A fable for modern times: Once upon a time, in a city not far away, a most remarkable thing took place. In this city,... More >>

• THE SUNS' EMPTY CHAMBERS

  published May 1, 1991

  Don't get me wrong. Don't sit there and assume I'm astonished that the Phoenix Suns pay Tom Chambers $2,060,000 a year for halfheartedly... More >>

• FOREMAN'S FIGHT OF A LIFETIME

  published May 1, 1991

  The white Acura pulled into my driveway and slammed to a halt. David Ramras, the lawyer, leaped from behind the wheel. "Here's... More >>

• AN OLD AND TIRED HOOD

  published April 24, 1991

  "Criminals develop the panic disease," Joseph Charles Stedino says. His remark is greeted by silence. Murray Miller,... More >>

• IMAGINARY MALADIES

  published April 17, 1991

  For the past two weeks, we've seen what is quite possibly the most magnificent hoax in Phoenix Suns history unfold. I refer, of... More >>

• THESETTING SUNS

  published April 10, 1991

  Prior to the mysterious rash of injuries, "Your Phoenix Suns," as announcer Al McCoy always calls them, were riding high. Before... More >>

• SWUNG ON AND MISSED

  published April 3, 1991

  If three strikes are out, Arizona has finally touched the bottom of the barrel. First, there was Evan Mecham, whose... More >>

• MAN O' WAR

  published April 3, 1991

  For months we've been bombarded by puff pieces about General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzkopf, the general with the 170 IQ, has been... More >>

• SCOUNDREL TIME

  published March 20, 1991

  The terrible truth is that there can be no statute of limitations on moral crimes. Watch the final scene of the new film Guilty by... More >>

• THE FACE OF WAR

  published March 6, 1991

  The haunted face of Bob Simon, once a self-assured and cocky CBS correspondent, tells us all we need to know about the senseless cruelty of... More >>