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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Armed with an abacus (reluctantly traded later for a calculator), she drafted editorial budgets that displayed an uncanny ability to predict the number of wars, snap elections and natural disasters that would occur and thus add to the cost of news coverage. Watt also (gulp!) reviewed our expense accounts. "God...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Feb. 8, 1988 | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

For years, many insiders have blamed headquarters. And in fact Big Blue's corporate staff in Armonk, N.Y., was keeping a tight, often stifling lock on decision-making authority. But suddenly IBM is trying to loosen its collar. Last week Chairman John Akers announced a historic restructuring in which the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This Elephant Dance? | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

Huge celebrity, accompanied by great wealth, can occasionally befall an odd character, especially when television is involved. But has there ever been a more unlikely national figure than John Madden, the animated elephant who used to coach the Oakland Raiders and now instructs the country in its most bewildering sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Madden: I'M Just a Guy | 1/11/1988 | See Source »

FARTHEST INTO THE OZONE Michael Jackson, who, after plastic surgery on his nose and chin, unsuccessfully offered $1 million for the remains of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. Knock, knock -- Is anyone there?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Most of '87 | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

Lurtsema is touring several states narrating various orchestral productions, such as "Babar the Elephant" and "Amadeus," he said.

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: HRO to Perform for Children | 12/1/1987 | See Source »

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