Word: contract
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Soviet Union," said Hannu Haukka, president of a Finnish religious broadcasting company. Holy understatement! He had just signed a contract with Soviet television to air Bible-based cartoons, right before the evening news...
...groups praised Dunn's protest, neither of the show's other female performers, Victoria Jackson and Jan Hooks, joined Dunn in walking out. "It was the unilateral manner in which she did it that offended people," says executive producer Lorne Michaels. (Dunn has only two shows left on her contract, and is not expected to return next season.) But Dunn emotionally defends her move. "I think it is morally wrong to provide Andrew Dice Clay with a legitimate arena," she says. "This man is a hatemonger...
CHANNEL HOPPING? Ted Koppel's contract with ABC expires at the end of this year, and colleagues say he is being wooed mightily by CBS to replace Dan Rather. Koppel is very close to CBS News President David Burke, a former ABC executive who helped negotiate his current lucrative contract. CBS would be willing to tailor its evening news to Koppel's on-camera strengths, emphasizing interviews over canned news items -- a change that would set CBS's offering apart from its rivals'. Koppel has never craved an evening anchor post, but the chance to re-invent the format could...
...pain and dislocation they cause, tighter defense budgets could lead to a more efficient industry. As the Pentagon encourages more competition for contracts, companies that grew lax during the Reagan buildup will be forced to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of their products. McDonnell Douglas, the No. 1 defense contractor, is currently competing with Boeing for a contract to build a new generation of light military helicopters. McDonnell Douglas boasted last week that its new choppers can be easily repaired in the field. Everything from their turbine engines to their pit- viper cannons can be fine-tuned with twelve...
...U.S.S.R. as long as it follows the terms of a new secession law passed last month. Considering the West's reluctance to risk so much for the sake of showing solidarity with a determined Vilnius, Lithuanian officials may want to shop for a compromise rather than a new oil contract...