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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The man at the right may look like he's only feeding a giraffe, but he's actually lunching with a source. Acacia branches in hand, Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerth befriended Kito for this week's Living story on the renaissance of the American zoo. Over the course of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Aug 21 1989 | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

Colleagues have described Davis, 63, as a "killer" in business, an intimidating dealmaker whose 6-ft. 4-in. height and 280-lb. heft amplify his forceful nature. At the same time, he is a gregarious socialite who counts among his close friends Gregory Peck, Don Rickles, Henry Kissinger and former...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Hungry to Buy an Airline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

If another bid for United emerges, stock speculators wonder, will Davis raise the ante or once again take his stock profits and move on (he is believed to hold a 3.5% stake in the company)? Back at Horace Mann High School in the Bronx, Davis' classmates said the pugnacious youth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's Hungry to Buy an Airline | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

A. Incredible, isn't it? A woman went to visit her cousin in Cincinnati and she said, "Look, you're hanging the toilet paper wrong." Louise replied, "What do you mean?" The cousin said, "You're hanging it so it goes over the top. You're supposed to hang it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with ANN LANDERS: Living By the Letter | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

The crime, as Joey sees it, is the way some banks try to trick their customers. "Look at this!" he'll occasionally shout at me over the phone, as if I could see the checks he's waving. "They look just like regular checks! They've got my name and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: How My Pal Joey Got Even | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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