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Typical of the aggressive, independent energy gamblers who are settling in Denver is Jerome Lewis, president of Petro-Lewis Corp., one of the country's 15 largest independent oil exploration and production companies. Lewis began as a consultant eleven years ago, and today he holds an interest in 11,000 wells in 21 states. Sitting amid the chrome and crushed velvet of Denver's Petroleum Club, Lewis gestures toward the Rocky Mountains still glazed with snow and exults: "This is today's big oil frontier. It is the most exciting thing in America's energy equation...
...elsewhere, the National Park Service decided that in most cases it was better to leave nature alone. But Miami Beach's leaders felt that the survival of the resort was at stake. With the support of the Florida congressional delegation, the Corps of Engineers began what is the largest beach restoration ever attempted. When the corps completes the project in 1981, it will have laid down 10.5 miles of new beach (1.2 miles in neighboring communities), with an average width of 250 ft. In addition, the new shoreline will be rimmed by a protective sand dune-a long, flat...
...some barefoot dancing, choosing a tango as their starter. There were no signs of discord in the union. Sergei, who has been allowed out of Moscow on an extended visa rarely granted by Soviet authorities, is taking a stronger role in managing one of the capitalist world's largest fleets. And Christina, happy in her marriage, has been devoting some time to visiting gynecologists, apparently because she has not become pregnant...
This month Chandler's comet will acquire an important East Coast associate, the Hartford Courant (circ. 218,000). Connecticut's largest and one of the nation's oldest dailies, the Courant (pronounced current) covered the Boston Tea Party and counted George Washington among its readers. Courant employees and retirees, who own most of its stock, turned down a $133-a-share takeover bid last fall by Capital Cities Communications, a media conglomerate with a reputation for rough labor dealings. There was little opposition to Times Mirror, however. The firm made a better offer-$200 a share...
...staffers have good reason to like Chandler; during his years as publisher, the Times has grown from a paper with only one foreign correspondent to one with 19 overseas bureaus and eleven in the U.S. The once tiny Washington office is now staffed by 26 correspondents, one of the largest crews in the capital...