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Other airlines moved swiftly last week to take over the airline's more promising routes. American, Continental and Eastern were bidding for the Dallas-London run, on which Braniff had been the only U.S. flag carrier, and the Dallas-Caracas route, a popular one with big-spending, oil-rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bankruptcy at Braniff | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

The Book-of-the-Month Club is taking the unprecedented step of offering The Fate of the Earth to its 1.2 million members at minimal cost ($2.25 rather than the retail $11.95). After feverish bidding, paperback rights went to Avon for $375,000, and the book has already been snatched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grim Manifesto on Nuclear War | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

Richard Nixon has had a tough time finding a place for his presidential papers. Duke University abandoned plans for a Richard M. Nixon Library, and so did the city of Independence, Mo. Now a town in Kansas is bidding for the library, but Nixon may find the offer a bit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Pen and Papers | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

Just after the bidding on the tractor ended at $23,000, Danny slipped away.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Everything You've Got Is Gone: Texas Farmers | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

And without belaboring the point--for Schaap's biography is enjoyable for its sarcastically anecdotal humor--that's not quite fair. Certainly, no one can excuse Steinbrenner's uninformed meddling with the finest baseball organization in history. But calling him to task for doling out high salaries seems misguided. Until...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: George the Third | 4/9/1982 | See Source »

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