Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something's been written about the Titanic, he's read it," says fellow Marine Scientist William Marquet. "He knows her, inside and out." That curiosity received a boost three years ago when the Navy decided to finance the development of a sophisticated submersible photographic vessel, christened Argo (see box). It was Ballard who suggested that the Argo's maiden task be to seek the Titanic. Knorr set sail three months ago, the compact submersible on board; after performing routine explorations off the coast of San Juan and the Azores, the crew arrived at the Titanic target zone in the rough...
...wellfixed for the prime-time pennant race. This summer viewers got steamed up over Miami Vice, which found a regular perch among the top ten shows. Moviegoers made a bimedia star of Family Ties' Michael J. Fox, whose Back to the Future and Teen Wolf were the biggest box-office winners of the past two weeks. Fox could be the first teen throb since John Travolta to commute between a sitcom and movie stardom. Just another lightning stroke of NBC luck...
...Taiwan officials have lost their jobs as a result of the Cathay affair, but President Chiang denies that it has soiled Taiwan's good name. "I do not see any wavering of public confidence as a result of (the Cathay scandal)," he said in an interview with TIME (see box). "Actually the government benefits by taking measures to overhaul the financial system." An investigative committee of the Control Yuan, the government's watchdog agency, ! assigned blame for the scandal last month to Finance Minister J.K. Loh, who resigned within hours, and to Hsu Li-teh, who quit as Economics Minister...
...main talk of the show, though, was about static heading across the airwaves for satellite-dish owners. Cable-system operators, like Tele- Communications Inc., are upset that the backyard stations are receiving for free what subscribers pay monthly fees to view. Pay-cable channels, including Time Inc.'s Home Box Office and Viacom's Showtime, are also miffed. Whereas cable subscribers pay extra monthly fees for these movie and special-events channels, dish owners can bypass cable and receive them free of charge...
Home video has also been a boon for some small films that did well with critics but badly at the box office. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, a sci- fi comedy that got sympathetic reviews but few theater customers, has gone platinum on cassette (100,000 units sold). Cross Creek, a well-reviewed drama about Novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, surpassed its theatrical revenues with $1.5 million in home-video sales. A few films, like Crimes of Passion, have been re-edited for home video to restore racy or violent footage cut for the theatrical release. Some VCR owners actually prefer...