Word: ben
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pulling editors willy-nilly into the world of management is the decline of family-owned newspapers and the surge in the value of media companies on Wall Street. "It is no longer sufficient for most owners of newspapers to show a good return year in and year out," says Ben Bagdikian, author of The Media Monopoly. "There must be increasingly higher returns because those profits are no longer just something that apply to that individual paper. They go to the parent firm, which is often paying off debt for mergers and expansions...
...Penn Coach Tom Schneider will certainly miss the bulk provided by sophomore forward Ben Spiva, who decided to transfer to Memphis State after starting in 25 games last year...
...races, voters proved there are limits to tolerance. In Georgia's De Kalb County, Congressman Pat Swindall was indicted last month for lying to a grand jury about accepting a $150,000 loan that might have been laundered drug money. His constituents tossed him out in favor of actor Ben Jones, formerly Cooter on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard...
...opener for Radio Newsreel -- a brassy rendition of Imperial Echoes, with its resonance of a colonial past -- is gone and may not be missed. But news programs will still be introduced with a revered sound: the bouncy tune of the Irish song Lilliburlero and the muffled chimes of Big Ben...
...drug-related disqualifications at the Seoul Olympics, including the infamous demedaling of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, have cast a worldwide pall over competitive athletics. Last week sports officials from 29 countries met in Borlange, Sweden, to draw up tough drug-testing proposals aimed at stamping out the use of anabolic steroids by athletes. If adopted by enough sports governing bodies, the recommendations could lead the way to making the use of steroids by top-ranking international athletes virtually impossible...