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...this year, five scouts camping on the ranch have been injured, none fatally, in three bear attacks. Two boys were mauled by a black bear only two weeks ago. In all, six troublesome bears have been hunted down and killed...
...Mexico game and fish department officials believe the bears may be wandering farther afield this year in the wake of a late frost that killed off part of the berry crop they usually feed on. Hunters attribute the problem to overpopulation, the result of a shortened spring hunting season. Whatever the cause, scouts at Philmont are stuffing gunnysacks with food and other odorous goodies and hanging them on trees far from the tents. The name for these odd articles? Bear bags, of course...
Kohlberg Kravis was formed in 1976, when Jerome Kohlberg, now 61 and the firm's patriarch, and George Roberts, 42, left the Bear, Stearns investment house to start out on their own. Roberts recruited a cousin, Henry Kravis, 42, and later his brother-in-law, Robert MacDonnell, 47. They began arranging buyouts of small companies like A.J. Industries, a manufacturer of brake drums and other components, in which Kohlberg Kravis invested only $1.7 million in 1977 but earned back $66.3 million after it was resold. Today, after more than 20 buyouts, the four partners are worth an estimated $150 million...
...week. Some faithfully travel several hours to the city to take part. Others trek the 10 blocks from their office, which they call, in a motherly way, their "house--the large and impressive second floor of a building located a stone's throw away from the Congress. Its walls bear the eerie reminder of the dirty war: thousands of black and white snap-shots, each with a name and a date, hang in solemn rows behind protective glass; and the shelves of an overflowing glass case sag under the weight of homemade trinkets sent to the mothers as gifts...
...streets, riding through the brilliant afternoon in an open landau. As the irrepressible Prince William ran toward the carriage, an unusually fleet- footed Queen hurried to retrieve him. Meanwhile, on their joyride, the couple's unlikely chaperone was a gift from the royal family, a four-foot-tall teddy bear. At the back of their carriage, under a home made replica of a satellite dish, was a message that advised, PHONE HOME...