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...fool." The hungry herds can be irksome as well as pathetic. The animals knock down fences and eat food meant for livestock. In Montana, the state distributes defenses to ranchers: dried hog blood is sprinkled around haystacks to repel deer, and wooden elk barricades, made by state prison inmates, are being erected. Even more is being done to feed the ravenous animals. Typically, winter kills 5% to 15% of the herds; this season more than half of some herds could die. Colorado, with 550,000 deer and 130,000 elk, may spend $1.6 million for emergency feeding. One morning last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing a Rough Rockies Winter | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...billion) announced plans to merge with Columbus' BancOhio ($6 billion). Indus try Analyst James Wooden of Merrill Lynch estimates that by 1995 the U.S. will have only 25 to 35 national banking organizations. Citicorp, BankAmerica and the other leading financial-center banks remain relentless in their determination to knock down the remaining roadblocks to expansion across state lines. The financial giants sometimes lose a round or two, but they always fight back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking Goes National | 2/13/1984 | See Source »

...been especially difficult for Code to lead in a season which has invited much comparison to last year, but he says he tries to follow "the Cleary philosophy. If we lose and play a good game, I just say, 'next time we'll have to knock...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: The One Nobody Wanted | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

...public obviously wants candidates put through their paces rather than carried into office, but it is a hardening process without any real rules. So candidates develop rote answers to predictable questions, and interviewers try to knock them off balance. These impromptu answers become the real television discussion of the issues instead of the candidate's full speech that is never heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: Body-Language Politics | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

...same time, the report asks the Salvadoran government to invite the rebel organizations to participate in the upcoming March elections and details plan to guarantee the fairness of the elections and the safety of all the participants. The preparation of the Salvadoran Army for the knock-down blow of the guerrillas is sure to keep the rebels away from the voting booths and the negotiating table. A far wiser course would be to delay increased military aid for El-Salvador and hope for signs of willingness to negotiate on the part of the insurgents. This would give the rebels time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Still the Wrong Prescription | 1/20/1984 | See Source »

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