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...honest," says Bombeck (for it is indeed she, the syndicated star humorist of 900 papers in the U.S. and Canada, and the baggy-toreador-pants clown of ABC'S Good Morning America), "when I started, I thought I was squirrelly. I thought it was just me. After the first columns, everyone on the block confessed it was them too." Those early columns, written in Centerville, Ohio, back in the early '60s, were not quite Corinthian, but they sure were Ermaic. Their message was that housework, if it is done right, can kill you. It was that the women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erma in Bomburbia: Erma Bombeck | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

...second defeat seems not to trouble her. In 1980 she sold a television series called Maggie, based on one of Bombeck's typical housewives, to ABC. Living in a Los Angeles apartment during the week, Bombeck got up at 5 each morning to write her column and by 9 was at a desk at Universal City Studios writing TV scripts. Bombeck never quite learned to love speaking show biz-"That line doesn't work for me, sweetie" and "Trust me"-and Maggie sank without a trace after eight episodes. The lines were funny but somehow the show wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Erma in Bomburbia: Erma Bombeck | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Transworld International, which represented the Ivy League, is a recognized leader in the sports television industry. It represented the city of Calgary, Alberta in negotiations for rights to broadcast the 1968 Winter Olympics. The $309 million contract with ABC was the largest television sports contract ever signed. Transworld is currently representing Seoul, South Korea, which will host the 1968 Summer Olympics in similar negotiations...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Admissions Racket Gets New Scrutiny | 6/29/1984 | See Source »

...Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) had violated anti-trust laws by requiring its 785 member colleges to abide by its exclusive contracts with CBS and ABC and not negotiate their own deals with the networks, local television stations or cable companies...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Ivy Football Games Will Be Televised | 6/29/1984 | See Source »

Transworld International, which represented the Ivy League, is a recognized leader in the sports television industry. It represented the city of Calgary, Alberta in negotiations for rights to broadcast the 1968 Winter Olympics. The $309 million contract with ABC was the largest television sports contract ever signed. Transworld is currently representing Seoul, South Korea, which will host the 1968 Summer Olympics in similar negotiations...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Ivy Football Games Will Be Televised | 6/29/1984 | See Source »

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