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Franklin Roosevelt possessed a gentleman farmer's scholarly and poetic approach to land and growing things. He studied conservation, raised
...biggest issue on everyone's mind, however, was rising foreign imports, which now account for 27% of the cars and trucks sold in the U.S. But the automakers were split on the issue. Chrysler's Iacocca wanted a "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese to cut back exports; Ford's chairman, Philip Caldwell, and the U.A.W.'s Fraser wanted still tougher restrictions; GM's Murphy opposed forcing a halt in imports from Japan. In the midst of his plea for pressure on the Japanese, Fraser looked across the polished table and saw Murphy about...
...gentleman of Japan builds a school with a sublime object...
TIME'S Essay "Looking Askance at Ageism" [March 24] reminds me of a delightful old fellow from Atlanta I met some years back. The future-minded gentleman, then 93, told me he had just purchased a large amount of acreage. When I asked what his plans were, he replied, "Well, I think I'll hold on to it for a few years, then develop...
...preserve a spontaneous sound that just skirts being primitive. The groups rock a little harder than their forebears too. "We were the first band which wanted to combine punk and reggae," says Jerry ("General Dankey") Dammers of the Specials, "because we liked them both." Bass Player Horace ("Sir Horace Gentleman") Panter adds, "Both were rebel music." Notes Jerry: "Humble beginnings, what...