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...stormy response from the Kremlin seemed bound to strike an unjustifiably apocalyptic chord among Americans as they digested the fictional consequences of a nuclear holocaust in ABC-TV's The Day After (see NATION).* For his part, President Reagan replied from his Santa Barbara ranch on Thanksgiving Day that "we can only be dismayed," adding that the Andropov declaration was "at sharp variance with the stated wish of the Soviet Union that an [INF] agreement be negotiated...
...that." Armed with such self-assurance, Brown, 62, has for nearly two years calmly dealt with criticism, fears and confusion among customers, employees, share holders and Congressmen while presiding over the most extensive reorganization in U.S. corporate history. Says Belton Johnson, a Texas ranch owner and a director of AT&T: "Charlie Brown's done an amazing job. Nobody could have done it better...
...days after the election, Alfonsin retreated to a ranch at an undisclosed location to plan his agenda. The most immediate problem is the country's growing debt. Alfonsin inherits an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for short-term loans to prevent a default, in exchange for the imposition of austerity measures. Bernardo Grinspun, the President-elect's chief economic adviser, estimates that Argentina will need at least $14 billion next year simply to meet its debt payments. During the campaign, Alfonsin promised to study the repayment agreements, but his advisers say they will not be discarded...
...Among his worldwide holdings: 47 newspapers; five magazines; assorted TV stations; video, film and record production ventures; a satellite network; three oil and gas exploration companies; printing and paper concerns; a diversified transportation company; and a sheep ranch in Deniliquin, Australia...
When Ed Kimm enlisted in 1969, he had an idea about somehow redeeming his brother's death, and put in for a tour in Viet Nam, which was refused. He became a lifer anyway, planning to retire (and buy a horse ranch, he figured) around the turn of the century. But his peripatetic Marine career evidently did not jibe with marriage: the Kimms split...