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Word: throughly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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That will require much more research. One problem: single-shot railguns like the Los Alamos-Livermore machine must be painstakingly rebuilt after each firing. The projectiles also have an annoying habit of breaking apart when they leave the gun barrel. But the remarkable possibilities - high-speed guns of almost every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Swoosh! It's a Railgun | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

Up and down the battle goes. After five years of trying, ABC's Good Morning America finally broke the 27-year domination of NBC's Today show early this year. For 33 weeks straight, from Jan. 14 through Aug. 29, ABC was either tops or even with NBC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for the Morning | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

The format of the morning show is almost as old as television itself. Like many another of the medium's innovations, it was laid out by NBC's Wunderkind president Sylvester ("Pat") Weaver in the early '50s. "We want America to shave, to eat, to dress, to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for the Morning | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

Brokaw's problem is certainly not laziness. Married to his college girlfriend, a former Miss South Dakota, he was NBC's White House correspondent for three years. He now lives with his wife and three daughters in Manhattan. He often jogs four miles in Central Park before he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for the Morning | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

The best guess for the program's recent rise in the ratings, however, is that it has finally found a replacement for J. Fred Muggs: Weatherman Willard Scott. "Willard is the first break the show has had in a long time," says one Today veteran. "He sincerely loves people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for the Morning | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

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