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That sequence raises some intriguing questions for Senate investigators to probe: Was it possible that the Libyans tried to trap Billy in a Machiavellian scheme based on his potential commissions? The Libyans at some point promised to loan Billy $500,000, and the only way he could pay back that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Burden of Billy | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

> There will also be other environmental nightmares. As man invades their wild habitats and pollutants rain down on them, 500,000 to 2 million species of plants and animals may die off in the next two decades. Rare plants needed to create new blight-and pest-resistant hybrids will vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Toward a Troubled 21st Century | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

WHEN THE police arrived, they stood outside the door and identified themselves. Within seconds a figure came charging out the door--the new boyfriend. Behind him stood the man with the gun. "He started to raise it, and I got ready to squeeze one off. But my partner got in...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Park Street Under Blues | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

The Soviet squeeze, however, is dramatically different from the American one. Energy wildcatters and big oil companies have exhaustively drilled the Western Hemisphere for more than a century, and the U.S. has been forced to rely on imports for half its oil because it has simply outgrown its readily available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The Tough Search for Power | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

Should the Soviets cut back their own energy consumption, or that of their satellites in Eastern Europe, the move would surely hurt their economic growth. Even in a dictatorship with the power to enforce harsh conservation measures, the political consequences might not be pleasant. Some feel that the country'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: The Tough Search for Power | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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