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The answers will come from 1,200 U.S. households, the chosen few whose daily tube-watching translates into Nielsen ratings. In combining new inspirations with hardy old shows, the networks have mildly varying prime-time profiles. NBC, which brought Gone with the Wind to the small screen last year, hopes...
The First Lady will leave from Brunswick, Ga., aboard an Air Force Boeing 707 appropriately dubbed "Executive First Family," which translates into the radio call sign "Executive One Foxtrot." Her first stop: Kingston, Jamaica, where U.S. diplomats hope she can somehow allay Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley's suspicions of...
There was healthy news on other fronts. Despite the bitter winter weather, the nation's total output of goods and services was revised upward to an annual rate of 6.4% - adjusted for inflation - during the first quarter. The preliminary figure released in April - 5.2% - was some what less rosy...
Worst of all, Mary Q.'s family knows how styrofoam those personalities are, but it clings to its dreams, writing its favorite stars letters and reading gossipy fan magazines. In the method of check-out counter journalism, a star having dinner with anyone translates into an affair, and jaded, empty...
"He establishes a rapport with the students from the very outset so that everyone gets encouraged to contribute to discussions--it's very clear teaching is important to him and it translates into a great deal of concern for his students," Rosenbaum said.