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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sentence seemed to satisfy even the most vengeful spectators. Four years in a tiny cell shared with two or three other prisoners. A $7 million fine. A $1.6 million bill for unpaid federal and state taxes. And once the jail term is up, 750 hours of community service caring for infants born with drug addictions or AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice: Judgment Day For Leona | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Slumps, of course, are made to be broken. ABC jumped from nowheresville to first place in the mid-'70s, and NBC was a sorry No. 3 before Bill Cosby helped boost it to No. 1 in the mid-'80s. But CBS may be in more desperate straits than either of them was. For one thing, its low ratings are compounded by poor demographics: its audience is not just smaller but also older. What's more, cable and other viewing choices have siphoned away much of the network audience and made it tougher for a weak network to revive itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Days Of Distress at CBS | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...Senate's version of the savings bill would require all state workers to pay 10 percent of their health premiums, regardless of the plan they choose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legislature Heads Meet To Discuss Budget Plan | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

Some lawmakers have made vacation plans for the week between Christmas and New Year's Day and do not plan to cancel them, a move that could crimp efforts to bring a tax increase bill to the floor by the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legislature Heads Meet To Discuss Budget Plan | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

...delay in formal action on the savings package affects the tax bill since many House members want to vote on the savings compromise before turning again to taxes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legislature Heads Meet To Discuss Budget Plan | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

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