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John Galardi, 44, is trying to steal a march on the major combatants in the great American burger battle among McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. His strategy: undersell the competition. As president and owner of Der Wienerschnitzel International Corp., a California-based fast-food chain, Galardi is resurrecting the simple burger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basic Burgers | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

...wasn't upset for long. When Big Red point guard Hawathia Wilson made a pass a few seconds later, Bernard took a risk and went for the steal...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Cagers Squeeze Past Cornell, 56-55, Ferry Tallies in Double Figures Again | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

...that's how long it took Vicki Palmer to steal the puck from Wesleyar, defender Joyce Galt, skate the length of the ice and deposit the puck into the Cardinal twines to put Harvard...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Icewomen Top Wesleyan | 2/3/1983 | See Source »

...vacation. As soon as that worker was cleared, the Fed set a trap. It created fictitious money-supply data and then rigged the computer telephone line with a tracing device. When Langevin made his next call, he was caught. Says a Fed official: "He walked into the henhouse to steal some chickens, and the gate closed behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Filching Figures | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

Both papers believe that they are locked in a struggle for nothing less than survival. Moreover, says Free Press Executive Editor David Lawrence, 40, "the victor would be highly profitable." As a result, the News and the Free Press raid each other's staffs, scoff at or steal each other's stories, even copy each other's promotional gimmicks. When the Free Press started handing out copies to breakfasters at McDonald's, the News arranged a giveaway deal with Burger Chef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Bitter Showdown in Motown | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

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