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But what else did he bring to you and say: “Let's buy this.”
God, I think he even talked about buying Champion at one point.
[laughter] To get back at this guy?
What else? Oh, I can't remember. But Arthur would wake up in the morning thinking that he, or Time Inc., should buy something or the other.
Do you think--
And usually he forgot about it.
In that sense do you think he had a large influence on the corporation? I mean, after all, in 1979, those three acquisitions did take place: ATC, The Star, and Inland. Do you think he kind of brought an acquisition spirit to the corporation, more than what had been?
Well, no--ATC really, on ATC he didn't--
He didn't have any?
He didn't have any. [pause] No. Well--I guess he
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