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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since divestiture is unlikely, smaller carriers fighting to end American's dominance will settle for preventing SABRE from growing larger. They are lining up to ask the Government to stop a plan by American and Delta to merge their reservation systems. Combined, the two would command a 45% share of the market. Foes of the American-Delta deal say it would hurt competition by reducing the number of players. That step, they warn, would further widen the gap between the big eagles and the sitting ducks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Eagles and Sitting Ducks | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...dredged-up story as an indirect attack on Wright, who is under investigation by the House ethics committee. Others feel that rehabilitation occurred before adequate retribution. Mack may have satisfied the demands of the legal system, but his elevation to a position of privilege may yet offend a larger notion of decency. Should a felon who has been denied the right to vote be instrumental in making the nation's laws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitol Offense | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

There are some shortcomings, however. The Micro TAC telephone can be used for just 75 minutes before needing a recharge, while larger models permit about 2 1/2 hours of conversation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEPHONES: Who Said Talk Was Cheap? | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...authors maintain that there is nothing wrong with a little irrationality now and then, so long as it is kept within certain bounds. Even an occasional show of anger can be a sign of respect, but be sure to pick on someone your own size, or larger. No kicking the pet salamander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I See, I Want, I Get - Maybe | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

Anyone who thinks art reputations, once made, are imperishable, should think again -- about Guido Reni (1575-1642). The retrospective show of 51 of his paintings is on view through May 14 at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, having been seen in Bologna (in a larger form) and Los Angeles. Reni was the leading Bolognese artist of the 17th century. For nearly 200 years after his death, he was adored by a long line of connoisseurs and tourists who held him to have been angelically inspired, the greatest painter of his age: as famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Partial Comeback of A Fallen Angel | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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