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The combination of all the companies gives Sears enormous reach. Dean Witter, for instance, can sell federally insured money-market accounts through Allstate Savings and Loan. Coldwell, Banker has started offering discount coupons on Sears merchandise to home buyers in 28 states. Sears is considering the introduction of a universal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sears: New Look for the Top Retailer | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

Many of the first signs of a cultural crackdown were exquisitely subtle. Premier Zhao Ziyang quietly forsook his Western suits for Mao jackets. The Peking municipal government ordered its employees to shave off their mustaches. The capital's leading hairdressing salon announced that it would no longer give men...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Battling Spiritual Pollution | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

A. It took Khrushchev and Brezhnev some time to acquire the great power they finally did exercise when they were well entrenched in their positions. Andropov has had only a year, and it certainly appears that he is not in good health. So I would say we are seeing a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Need Continuity | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

The wording of Question I is very clear: "Shall the city be authorized to compete for a license to construct and operate a community antenna system ('Cable Television System') and, if the issuing authority determines that the system proposed by the city will better serve the public interest than systems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Questions 1 and 3 | 11/5/1983 | See Source »

The second and more important disadvantage of the referendum is the blow it will deal to research. No matter how much one abhors the existence of nuclear weapons, the act of banning basic research seems to go against the most basic principles of the First Amendment. As President Bok, in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Dangerous Law | 11/1/1983 | See Source »

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