Word: cbs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dole's office did try to arrange with the networks for him to give his address the next day, which would have allowed time for Clinton's applause to die down. But rather than contacting the corporate public relations chiefs of ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN, Dole's Senate staff instead tried the congressional lobbyists--by fax. Negotiations never even got started. The broken play has top Republican operatives shaking their heads in dismay: Can anyone outside of Dole himself get anything done...
...honor of becoming the first royal-family member to be sued over a debt. A society hostess claims Sarah Ferguson owes her $142,500, money borrowed for a holiday in France. On the upside, Fergie's also the first royal to have had talks with CBS about having her own show...
...polls already reward what some Republican campaign veterans are calling Dole's "triangulation" strategy. A cbs News survey early last week showed Dole's job-approval rating had risen to 63%, up 11 points from December, while Clinton's was flat at 50% and Gingrich's was up 4 points but still a dismal 33%. It was, of all people, Sonny Bono who had the best explanation of the Speaker's folly. "I always respected his ability to be an artful dodger," said the freshman lawmaker. "He has an instinctive ability to make you believe things are going...
RESIGNING. ERIC OBER, 53, president of CBS News; in New York City. Ober walks the plank after five rocky years at the helm, piloting the network's news division through the rough seas of cost cuts, declining ratings and the ill-fated pairing of shipmates Connie Chung and Dan Rather...
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR: Alicia Silverstone. Runner-up: Edward Burns, ethnic auteur of The Brothers McMullen, made for $25,000 Comeback of the year: Jay Leno, with the help of dancing Itos and a CBS slump. Runner-up: Philippine Congresswoman Imelda Marcos...