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But as a local car dealership faces extinction, the square is learning to cope with the bureaucracy of a multinational company.

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Franchise Owner Takes Nissan to Court | 2/5/1997 | See Source »

But what the world outside thinks of Fujimori is beginning to concern him more. For three weeks he has bristled at suggestions that his reputation as terrorist buster and friend of the poor was at stake inside the Japanese residence as much as the lives of the hostages. In an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN THEIR FACE | 1/20/1997 | See Source »

After watching everyone from Microsoft to Meca Software gobble up online-banking customers, banks have become eager to prove that they're not headed for extinction. Last week IBM and a group of 15 U.S. and Canadian banking behemoths, including Bank of America, Banc One and Mellon Bank, unveiled a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CASHLESS, NOT BANKLESS | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

If these operations sound more military than medical, there is good reason. Back in the 1960s and '70s, public-health experts felt they had pretty much triumphed over infectious diseases. Smallpox was on the way to extinction; polio was all but vanquished; and, thanks to antibiotics, improving sanitation and pesticides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUERRILLA WARFARE | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

The real dinosaur is the DTV B. For a decade, when few people in Hollywood were listening, it roared. It stomped out tracks that would be followed by the Aladdins and the Darkmans. Now the form is nearing extinction. But on video-store shelves and on pay cable, these value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THERE'S GOLD IN THAT THERE SCHLOCK | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

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