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While worried Sears directors were seeking solutions in Chicago, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, 72, was working in his spartan little office at headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. (pop. 11,000). Starting at 7 every morning, well-scrubbed, energetic employees scurry through the drab two-story building whose Formica desks and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Sam Stuns Goliath | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Harvard Co-Captain Greg Tull said that this year's freshman class provided several good candidates. Richard Ou and "Woody" (a.k.a. Brent Lorenzen) were highly touted and Dave Bandy even donned the iron trunks in Florida over break in a scrimmage meet. But when all the votes were counted, the...

Author: By Jose A. Guerra, | Title: Aquamen Swim Past Big Green | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

It was a hot July day in Amagansett, N.Y., and the noonday sun glared down at a crowded Long Island beach. Perched atop his observation stand, a bronzed lifeguard, hatless and clad only in abbreviated trunks, kept close watch on the few dozen waders and swimmers braving the still frigid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skin Cancer: The Dark Side of Worshiping the Sun | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

The life cycle of the Pacific Northwest's primeval woodlands is measured not in decades but in centuries. No amount of saplings and science can make up for years of wanton harvesting, or replace a thousand-year-old fir. Only time can do that -- and time may be short for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Owl vs Man | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

Fred Sohn, owner of Sun Studs, sees no difference between the reforested . stands and the ancient forest they replace. "I believe I as an individual can replicate the forest, redo it like a farmer growing a crop and do it better than nature," he says. "I can remake the old...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Owl vs Man | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

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