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...million campaign fund is largely family money-Incumbent Republican Arch A. Moore Jr., 49 (who has a substantial fund himself), is getting personal appearance plugs from six G.O.P. Governors (excluding Nelson), Vice President Agnew and President Nixon. In addition, twelve Illinois Republican Congressmen recently visited West Virginia to diminish the Percy charisma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections '72: Hard Battles for a Different Job | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...Their own sparse grain crop will be used to provide cattle feed. But present shortages of feed have forced the Soviets to slaughter precious livestock herds that are insufficient even in the best of times. Although this may provide a temporary bonanza of meat this winter, it will also diminish supplies of dairy products...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Short Supplies | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

...York Times recalled Andrew Jackson's supposed remark at the Battle of New Orleans: "Better elevate them guns a little lower." McGovern may have been correct in his anger at the absence of indignation in the U.S. (see TIME ESSAY). But overstatement only promised to diminish his credibility further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Issue of McGovern | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

...hours and even days after last week's outrage in Munich, questions seemed to multiply rather than diminish. Exactly what had occurred? Who was to blame? What really is the Black September group? Did officials in Munich have any choice other than force? Why were initial news reports about the bullet-riddled climax of the drama so misleading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From the Publisher: LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...shareholders. Lately, the boards have been flashing a mystery story. Though the company's sales and profits are rising swiftly, the stock price fell from an adjusted June high of $48.25 to an August low of $32.13; last week it closed at $38.50. One result has been to diminish on paper the fortune of Winnebago's ruling Hanson family. In 1958, present Chairman John K. Hanson, then a furniture dealer, bought most of the company's assets for $12,000. By mid-1972, he had seen that investment grow into family stock holdings worth $773 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Pampering Campers | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

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