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...Federal Government launch a more aggressive export policy and help develop more acceptance in the U.S. for corn sweeteners and gasohol. Meanwhile, like his neighbors, Laskowski is readying his combine with mounting excitement, replacing chains and belts, building up the snapping rolls on the combine's headers, which grab and chew up the cornstalks and separate the ears. When the weather is good, Ed will work into the night; his wife Judy will sometimes climb up in the cab with him, and they will nibble her cookies and talk and laugh and watch the moon caress the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bitter Harvest | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...previously scheduled balloting for the 252-seat House of Councillors. His goal: smashing victories in both chambers that would persuade the Liberal Democrats to award him an unprecedented third term as head of the party and nation. Said a Socialist member of the Diet: "This is Nakasone's power grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan on the Road to the 21st Century | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...fantasy (from The Godfather to Dynasty) and of privilege: Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger on April 26, Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg on July 19, and Fergie and Prince Andrew on July 23. They are all fair game for emulation in a democracy where a plastic card can grab you a piece of anyone else's dream and an extra slice of wedding cake. Linda Blackburn, a former catering consultant, and onetime wedding gown Retailer Linda Stuart started a Los Angeles firm offering advice at an average $1,500 a pop on how to get the shebang together, and their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Scenes From a Marriage | 7/7/1986 | See Source »

...bring such an attitude to your tasks. You should go about your business with some measure of enterprise, of seriousness, of good humor and of interest. I do not mean to recommend, as the Schlitz Brewing Co. did some years back, that 'You only go around once, so grab all the gusto you can.' I'm not talking about grabbing gusto or swilling beer. I'm talking about living well, living a life worth living. I offer the wise words of the Maharani of Jaipur. She said once, 'Keep an open mind; an open mind is a very good thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Few Words Before Going Forth | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...pushed the foundation toward financial ruin by misspending close to $150 million in barely three years. They want the court to remove him as a director-trustee and take away his control of its funds. Harry insists their suit, now in its fifth week, is "a simple power grab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry John's Holy War | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

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