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Before the white man set foot in the New World, wolves roamed freely across what would become the U.S., preying on the great herds of deer, elk and bison. The Indians were so in awe of this skilled predator that many tribes incorporated the wolf in such rituals as ceremonial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: No Fear of the Big Bad Wolf | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

Still, widespread opportunities for fraud have raised doubts that such measures will have much beneficial effect. Notes the London-based weekly magazine West Africa: "It, is open season for any racketeer with the capital and contacts to acquire sole control of some consumer product." A cartoon in another publication depicts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Continent Gone Wrong | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

The brief letter from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to Warner Communications was impeccably polite, but it had the impact of a death threat. Received on Dec. 30 and made public last week, the letter announced that Murdoch's company might buy up to 49.9% of Warner'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey : Rupert Murdoch and Warner | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

Warner Chairman Steven Ross did not wait for the Australian to make his next move. Two weeks ago, he struck up a partnership with Chris-Craft Industries that seemed tailor-made to thwart a Murdoch takeover bid. The agreement calls for Chris-Craft, a diversified New York-based manufacturer of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey : Rupert Murdoch and Warner | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

Karrie Olson, 26, a clothing store executive in Seattle, feels that the Soviets have become more menacing, and, she says, "I am frightened that as time goes on, as they acquire more and more power, someone-not necessarily the Soviets, but someone-might blow up the world. But when I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The View from the Street Corner | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

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