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Eight years after the explosion at the Chernobyl 4 nuclear reactor in Ukraine, an MIT graduate student has concluded the accident was far worse than previously thought, according to an article in Sunday's Boston Globe.
During his extended stay in Ukraine, Sich toured the premises, talked with workers and scientists and sifted through documents detailing what happened in the days before and after the devastating 1986 accident.
Tartikoff's latest career move was actually in the works three years ago. Just before his accident, Tartikoff says, he was making plans to leave NBC and form his own production company. First the accident and then the offer from Paramount delayed the scenario. Now he talks excitedly about creating...
Few doubted he would return. As NBC Entertainment president for 11 1/2 years, Tartikoff was probably the most influential and broadly successful TV programmer of the 1980s. He guided NBC from last to first in the ratings, overseeing such hits as The Cosby Show, The A-Team, Cheers and L.A...
He is also one of the most tenacious. Tartikoff has survived two bouts of Hodgkin's disease; in 1982 he underwent a year of chemotherapy while continuing to run NBC programming. His car accident served merely to emphasize again where his priorities lay. "I don't know how many times...