Word: skow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...John Skow...
...John Skow's story "In Missouri: A Beastly Display" [Jan. 19]-was beastly in more ways than one. His description of the animal auction was grimly reminiscent of slave sales in the antebellum South, conducted for much the same reason: "pleasure" and profit. Today more and more concerned people hope that the slavery of animals eventually will be viewed with the same disgust, and condemned with the same moral righteousness, as human chattel...
...auction as an interested observer, not as a buyer or seller. In no way did I see anything negative in action or intent. John Skow failed to mention that Mr. Hale made a plea for any conservationist, or anyone else for that matter, to stop him or let him know immediately if they saw anything wrong. Cutting the antlers off an elk is like cutting a person's nails. The people involved in this enterprise may be in it to make a dollar, but they genuinely love the animals...
...this point a reporter, digging deep for a question, asks whether there will be a Brooke doll, as there was a Farrah Fawcett doll. "Yeah," says the enchanted child, sounding for the moment like any put-upon teenager. "Wind it up and it goes to school." -By John Skow...
...main narrative this week was written by Senior Writer Ed Magnuson, who also wrote last spring's cover story on the aborted rescue mission. Contributor John Skow reviewed the events leading up to the final breakthrough, with assistance from Reporter-Researcher Richard Bruns. Using sources he developed on four previous trips to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Correspondent Lee Griggs kept close tabs on the preparations to receive the hostages in West Germany. In New York, a TIME reporter specializing in Persian Gulf affairs stayed in close telephone contact with sources in Tehran, ran a network of journalists there and monitored...