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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fox is synonymous with cunning in tales as far apart as Aesop's and Thurber's. But what is the animal really like? Margaret Lane's The Fox (Dial; $9.95) is a documentary, full of facts and insights, demonstrating that the animal lives up (and down) to its reputation. As the author discloses the secret life of Reynard, she scatters some surprises: dogs probably kill more sheep than foxes do; foxes are secret suburbanites, sharing the contents of the garbage can with raccoons. Kenneth Lilly illuminates the manuscript with meticulously detailed closeups accurate to the last, wicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Short Shelf of Tall Tales | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

Dispatch R G Dick of the Monongalia Country Sheriff's Department said Keith David Fox and Gregory J. Kassis, both 21, were charged with destruction of private property and petty larceny

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Frat Suspended | 12/11/1982 | See Source »

Four student leaders met yesterday with Dean of the College John B Fox '59 and several other administrators to argue for a new program of race-relations counseling that they say would dramatically improve the racial climate on campus...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Student Leaders Ask Fox For Race Counseling Plan | 12/11/1982 | See Source »

...Fox Assistant Dean of the College Mack I. Davis, and race-relations Foundation Director S. Allen Counter, the other administrators at the meeting, could not be reached for comment yesterday...

Author: By Adam S. Cohen, | Title: Student Leaders Ask Fox For Race Counseling Plan | 12/11/1982 | See Source »

...entire season can now go by without their releasing a single big picture. They're more concerned with fighting a bigger war, for a potentially bigger market: television." In the past two weeks, all six major studios were moving in on pay cable: Columbia, MGM/UA and 20th Century-Fox are reportedly dealing to buy into Showtime, the second largest pay cable network; and Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. announced an agreement to purchase the Movie Channel, the third largest. The immediate effect is likely to be an increase in the cable licensing fees of popular movies, especially to Home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Where Have All the Movies Gone? | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

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