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...gents" (which details the adventures of a handful of artificial people created by a giant corporation to do its dirty work.) Thoroughly researched, simply written, beautifully laid out, DNA for Beginners is in fact more serious than most popular science writing. With Van Loon's magnificent drawings to grab the reader's attention, the text can remain simple and straightforward and avoid the eye-catching exaggeration all too common in science journalism. Authors Rosenfield precision with an English brevity of expression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Making | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

Does Rupert Murdoch really mean to grab Warner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grand Acquisitor's New Prey : Rupert Murdoch and Warner | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...feisty, especially in its newly argumentative opinion pages. To the potential disappointment of some readers, however, there will be no cheesecake-or beefcake. Says British-born Editor in Chief Peter O'Sullivan, 34: "The 'Sunshine Girl' has a certain, if you will pardon the expression, grab appeal for the Sun, a tabloid dependent on street sales. But the Houston Post is a different kind of paper, and we do not want to alienate the circulation that we paid for." Still, the paper will be raffish: the owners seek not so much to cut into the Chronicle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Bright New Eyes for Texas | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

...played into Syrian hands, since Washington, in effect, put itself at the mercy of forces largely controlled by Assad. If the U.S. could leave the Lebanese quicksand tomorrow without losing face, and without the risk of causing further chaos by doing so, some Administration officials undoubtedly would grab the opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bidding for a Bigger Role: Syria seeks to become the prime Arab power | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...Delaware, instead of Pennsylvania. Under Delaware law, Pickens would have to muster a majority of stockholder votes to gain a seat on the Gulf board or to force any structural changes in the company. Pennsylvania rules would allow the Pickens group, with its 12%-plus voting bloc, to grab a spot on the 13-member Gulf board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pickens' Charge | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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