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...heard of the small, 150-year-old local brew. The ad, with its crafty nonendorsement endorsement, was designed to "provoke intrigue," explains Mansfield Marketing Director Richard Lewis. The brewery was careful, however, not to provoke the White House, which voiced no objections because the picture was in the public domain. But Lewis piously protests he would never take similar advantage of a British politician. The U.S. Chief Executive was chosen, he says, because "we don't think a picture of President Reagan in Nottinghamshire is going to affect the outcome of the next presidential election." Hmm. Even...
...over its back and legs, and possessed a tail that ended in a huge bony club. Perhaps to shed excess body heat, Stegosaurus sprouted triangular-shaped fins on its back. Thanks to such biological cunning, within only a few million years, the dinosaurs became the overlords of their antediluvian domain...
Conservative groups were dismayed by what they called encroaching federal intervention in the family domain. But organizations involved with victims of domestic crime hailed the news. Said Janice Moore, a staffer at a Washington shelter for battered women: "You can't keep hiding these problems behind the family flag...
...million acres ruled by Interior's Bureau of Land Management. Though none of the acreage is national park land, a number of tracts were used extensively by vacationers, hunters, fishermen, timber and mineral companies and cattle ranchers. "The program scared everybody into thinking vast amounts of the public domain were going to be sold," says an Interior Department official. "It created a fire storm you wouldn't believe...
...Japan's relations with the West. Up to now the Japanese people tended to feel they were quite open. In reality, however, I think they were confined within a very narrow, self-centered domain. I decided to push forward so we can become a Japan open to the world. I have made all-out efforts to improve access to the Japanese market. We have reduced tariff rates, and despite resistance, we have improved import certification and safety standards. We have been able to make tremendous progress, and that progress will continue. Another major change is that we have moved...