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...DIED. WALTER ANNENBERG, 94, publishing magnate, philanthropist and art connoisseur; in Wynnewood, Pa. After inheriting the Philadelphia Inquirer from his father, he founded two hit magazines, Seventeen in 1944 and TV Guide in 1953. One of the world's wealthiest men (estimated net worth: $4 billion), Annenberg served as ambassador to the Court of St. James's under Nixon and sometimes used his journalistic clout to settle political and personal scores. He once barred his TV stations from airing a documentary critical of Nixon. Among his gifts: a $1 billion collection of Impressionist paintings to New York City's Metropolitan...
Annenberg enjoyed an immensely successful business career and public life. He inherited The Philadelphia Inquirer and two racing publications from his father, Moses L. Annenberg, and proceeded to build on his holdings. His Triangle Publications became a media power and included such publications as Seventeen Magazine and TV Guide...
...Since the influence of great wealth seems to rise with its size and momentum, a few examples will make the point. In 1982, the wealth of the thirty richest U.S. individuals and families ranged from $500 million up to $8.6 billion. By 1999, seventeen years later, the range was $7 billion to $85 billion, a tenfold increase. In 1980, the ten highest compensated U.S. executives had an average annual pay package of $3.4 million, but by 2001 that had skyrocketed to an average of $155 million - and this while the typical American household in the middle quintile barely stays ahead...
...them illegal - to close while safety checks are performed. The closures have spread to other cities as well. Internet users accused the city government of using the fire as an excuse to crack down on one of the few arenas for free expression in China. PHILIPPINES Cult Deaths Seventeen people died in a gun battle between police and cult members on the southern island of Dinagat. Fighting erupted when an armed police unit tried to arrest cult leader Ruben Ecleo on suspicion of murdering his wife with the help of another man- and, later, of masterminding the killing...
...Seventeen seconds later, after a Dartmouth fumble on the kickoff gave the Crimson first-and-10 on its own 32, Morris scored on a fade pass from Fitzpatrick to cut the margin to 21-14. One possession later, Morris set up Harvard’s final touchdown—a five yard run by Palazzo—with a 40-yard reception on a spectacular leaping grab...