Word: bonanzas
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...hero in the eyes of some Arabs and an outlaw menace to most of the world. Meanwhile, Hussein Kamel's younger brother, Colonel Saddam Kamel al-Majid, headed the President's elite corps of personal bodyguards. The U.S., thirsting for what a Pentagon official called a potential "intelligence bonanza," pledged at once to defend Jordan against any reprisals and sent Arabic-speaking CIA specialists to Amman in hopes of debriefing the defectors. A senior Administration official exulted, "Outside of Saddam's two sons, there is probably no one closer to him. This could be the most serious setback...
...deal showered benefits throughout Murdoch's empire. For Fox's existing affiliates, it proved a bonanza. Many are reporting increases in ratings and advertising revenue. More important, football gave the network new credibility. Fox's Preston Padden, who serves as head of affiliate relations and is Murdoch's point man in Washington, immediately began using the victory to lure affiliates allied with the other networks. He launched his campaign in January 1994 at a national meeting of TV executives, where he operated three presentation rooms to make his pitch, generating contacts that led, he says, to Fox's winning over...
Once again we ask ourselves, why exactly do we care about the New Hampshire presidential primary? And why do we care for an entire year? It may be a publicity bonanza for a state that most Americans aren't all that curious about, it may do wonders for the state's creamed-chicken industry, but do we need to spend all of 1995 reading those same handicapping stories (RACE IS DOLE'S TO LOSE, SAY INSIDERS, BUT GRAMM NARROWS GAP) and Sunday think pieces (IS PRIMARY CAMPAIGN TOO LONG AND EXPENSIVE?) decrying the shallowness and mendacity and flummery...
...shows called commercials, building on copy written for print (``Wonder Bread helps build strong bodies 12 ways!'') and eventually creating new art forms with jingles (``It's the real thing''). The revenues ($35 billion a year by 1994) financed a vast new wave of entertainment and information programming, from Bonanza to live coverage of presidential election campaigns. Now it's happening again. A NEW MEDIUM has arrived, and it is bringing about a change in marketing that is potentially even more profound than the coming of television. As it reaches into the tens of millions, the number of computer users...
...particularly stunning. He calculates that the nation's net worth increased from $13.5 trillion to $20.2 trillion during the rewarding years of 1983 to 1989, and that $3.9 trillion of the reward was captured by the fortunate top one-half of 1%. That works out to a $3.9 million bonanza per wealthy household. Wolff says the last time the national assets were so unevenly distributed was in 1929, just before the stock-market crash...