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Last week Glenn flew his own Beechcraft plane to Iowa, where he held a press conference at the state capitol in Des Moines, tried to weigh a bull by eye (he guessed 1,905 lbs., off by about 25 lbs.) and presented an award to Iowa's seedstock producer-of-the-year. "This is the first cattle show I've been to in months where Fritz Mondale and I have not been the main attractions," he joked. More seriously, he made the pledge against embargoes that Iowa voters love: "It's high time we stopped using food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening the Silly Season | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...basement flat in Pimlico has won a British export award and been invited for a visit on the royal yacht Britannia. The Ashleys now live much of the year in a 17-bedroom, 18th century chateau in northern France. At a small airfield near by, Bernard keeps a Beechcraft King Air plane, which he uses to fly off to business meetings. And while fashion trends come and go, Laura Ashley in tends to continue selling ruffles and romance. Says she: "What the eye sees is important. High tech is too hard; people need softness." -By Kenneth M. Pierce. Reported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling Romance, British Style | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...have an avenue wide enough that we feel confident the barges won't get destroyed. Then we'll get 'em running like scared rabbits." Every day (and usually twice a day) for more than two weeks, Borgert has been combing the coast from a low-flying Beechcraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off Alaska: A Race Through the Arctic Ice | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Government, Allen became a consultant for various businesses overseas, a career that was almost ended when he crashed his Beechcraft Bonanza while landing, suffering five compound fractures in his lower body. As a result he has a loping gait that gives the look of an energetic sea captain walking the deck in unsettled waters. That appearance was appropriate for the troubles that confronted him in his profitable enterprises. There were constant rumors that he had benefited unduly from his connections with the Nixon White House. A damaging exposé in the Wall Street Journal a few days before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trouble on the Team | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...trappings of money. He owned homes in fashionable sections of Southern California, like Pacific Palisades, where President Reagan used to live, and Marina del Rey. He also owned a brown Cadillac Seville as well as a $60,000 custom-made Cadillac convertible, an $84,000 cabin cruiser and a Beechcraft plane. When asked where his gold mine was located, Smith sometimes replied that his wife's family was wealthy. On other occasions he mimicked the TV commercials of the Smith Barney investment firm and said, "We make money the old-fashioned way. We earn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wells Fargo Stickup | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

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