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Indeed it has. The early winter's deep snows drove more than 500 hungry moose out of Alaska's Chugach Mountains and into Anchorage to forage for food. Normally shy creatures, moose tend to get ornery when hungry and are not readily moved by either cold reason or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: A Big Parking Problem | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

In the tastefully decorated colonial house that served as his transition headquarters, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado discussed the challenges of his presidency with TIME Mexico City Bureau Chief James Willwerth and Reporter Laura López. The new President was relaxed but forceful as he outlined the priorities for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with Miguel de la Madrid | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

The price of the stress on consensus, of course, is that by the time an issue reaches Reagan, conflicts have frequently been muffled or at least glossed over, and he does not hear forceful arguments on either side of the case. Most advisers nonetheless learn quickly to adjust to this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Reagan Decides | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

The President must be a communicator. Reagan, by general agreement, is the best since F.D.R. Indeed, for a time in 1981, when he had Congress eating out of his hand, it seemed as though mastery of TV and one-on-one charm had become the very key to the presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Job Specs for the Oval Office | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

Had the Leverett production interpreted An Enemy of the People lightly, and seasoned the play with a cast of stereotypes, a forceful satirical piece could have been effected. Similarly, a serious interpretation, though ambitious, considering the play's outdated political theories and melodramatic tendencies, could have provided an effective dramatization...

Author: By Donna GAIL Broussard, | Title: A Muddled Interpretation | 12/9/1982 | See Source »

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