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“For 30 years conservationists have waged campaigns to save animals
on the brink of extinction,” said Newsweek, “but wildlife biologists
are now claiming that greed, complacency and stupidity have torpedoed many
of these efforts.” At the time, there were only 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild.
The most recent counts show that this number has grown to 1,864. While still
very low, this is a large enough increase that the giant panda is no longer listed as
an endangered species. However, these lovable bamboo eaters are still
considered vulnerable.1955
Newsweek wrote that then-IRS
Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews
overhauled income-tax-collection
methods: “Loopholes have been plugged,
the morales of agents lifted, their
standing in the public eye improved.”
Andrews also oversaw the IRS’ initial
computer trial to process tax returns.1993
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Newsweek reported that Twiggy, “the
17-year-old Cockney angel of the fashion
world,” had become “the image of the
year, the new look in a pop world
perpetually attuned to novelty.” Then, she
was the world’s youngest supermodel,
and she revolutionized the fashion world
with her thick eyelashes, boyish hairstyle
and avant-garde clothing.