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Researchers speculate that chemicals may work their damage in several ways. The excess ozone might open the pores of leaves, allowing acid rain to leach vital nutrients. Or acid rain may cause harmful changes in the chemical composition of the soil. Rain may also deposit toxic heavy metals that damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Puzzling Holes in the Forest | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

The Frazier law will not clear up some other outstanding legal problems, in particular those of Susie Phipps, though it was her well-publicized legal fight over her racial label that had prompted the legislative change. Phipps, 49, whose great-great-great-great-grandmother was an 18th century black slave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Color Bind | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

A state court judge in May upheld Louisiana's contention that Phipps is black, persuaded by the state's claims that, as a child, Phipps attended a black school and sat in the church section reserved for blacks. Her lawyer, Brian Begue, expects the state appeals court to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Color Bind | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

The Bears averted the shutout by finally showing some offensive strength. Reserve quarterback Mike Phipps--who replaced starter Vince Evans, injured in the first half, and second-stringer Bob Avellini--hit receiver Dave Williams on a 14-yard pass to cap off an 80-yard drive that nevertheless proved far...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rams Destroy Chicago, 24-7 | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

The old oil and steel fortunes of families such as Rockefeller, Whitney and Phipps provided the bulk of the money for the venture capital market until the early 1960s. The Phipps family's fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, was an early investor in International Paper and Ingersoll-Rand. Laurance Rockefeller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boom Time in Venture Capital | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

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