When I first met Ted Turner, he was already a larger-than-life figure and a rascal around Atlanta, though still just beginning to introduce himself to the national stage. CNN was barely a toddler, and its Atlanta Braves were in their formative years as “America’s Team.” In those days, the big Atlanta banks wouldn’t even lend Turner the money he needed to build what would bec...
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