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Behind an aggressive offense and strong defense, the Americans rallied to tie the score at seven, and the game moved into overtime. The U.S. team extended its streak into the bonus periods, scoring three unanswered goals, and walking with the trophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Francesca DenHartog | 10/14/1982 | See Source »

...totally subjective evaluation," says one employee who says he was unaffected by the bonus plan. Previously, members say, managers of the 11 agencies have been awarded bonuses based on how well each division does. The new evaluations were intended, says HSA President Michael O'Brien '83, purely as a form of incentive and reward; bonuses were offered "to keep the managers on their toes...

Author: By Lavea Brachman, | Title: For the Students, By the Students? | 10/7/1982 | See Source »

...true that the N.F.L. Players Association is asking for $1.6 billion in salary and bonus money? And that the owners are offering $1.6 billion? If the two parties agree almost to the penny, why did everyone drop the ball and walk away from the negotiating table a week ago? The usual investigative byword-follow the money-is not all there is to this case, however. The issue, explains Sam Huff, a former New York Giants star and now a hotel executive, "is power and who will control pro football. Is it going to be Pete Rozelle, or is it going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Money or the Power? | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...sides' positions are as firmly held as they are distant. NFL management is offering the National Football League Players Association a five-year salary and bonus package worth $1.6 billion. Although the players like the $1.6 billion figure, they want it paid out over four years. They also want it distributed according to a negotiated wage scale. And most important, the players want to begin sharing in the owners' television contract receipts, which amount to a cool $2.1 billion dollars over the next five years...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: Empty Sundays | 10/2/1982 | See Source »

...real threat to CNN, however, is financial, not editorial. While Turner charges cable systems at least 150 a subscriber each month for CNN, SNC is offered free. In fact, cable operators who had signed on by the debut date were granted a start-up bonus of 500 a household. The financial incentives helped: SNC has already signed up systems with 3 million subscribers, including 620,000 from Westinghouse Group W's own cable systems. Only about a dozen cable systems, though, have dropped CNN to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaking Up the Networks | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

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