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The government is expected to introduce a law this spring requiring coats made from lynx, coyote, wolf, bobcat or fox to carry a label stating that the fur comes from "animals commonly caught in leg-hold traps." The British Fur Trade Association said it was not overly worried, since the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Furry Furor | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

In the off chance that your call somehow avoids the insidious traps of the "Call Waiting" conspiracy, when you are finally connected to the other line you will probably just ask them if they can call back later. This is the same as a busy signal--but with one difference...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Waiting is the Hardest Part | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

Sand dunes can also be destroyed in subtler ways. For a dune to form in the first place, sand must somehow be trapped, much as a snow fence traps drifting snow. That something is dune grass. After the dunes form, the roots anchor the sand in place. "Dune grass is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Shrinking Shores | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

Professors said that legislation would not beuseful in preventing future administrations fromfalling into similar traps.

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Profs Say Hearings Helpful | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

Commuting every day to a desk in the Pentagon, where he has been assigned to the Navy's long-range planning, or occupying himself with various fix-up projects at home in Rockville, Md., Poindexter at first tried to ignore all developments in the growing Iran-contra scandal. But for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next, the Most Important Witness? | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

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