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Years before he conceived CNN, Turner became a major force in cable TV through a move of similar ingenuity and daring. It began in 1970, when to the horror of his financial advisers he traded $2.5 million worth of stock in his company for title to Atlanta's Channel 17, a sorry UHF television station that was losing $600,000 a year. Many viewers around the country did not pick up UHF signals then; indeed, two years after Turner made his buy, Atlanta's other UHF station went bankrupt...
Rowny and Karpov can raise these questions, but they do not have the authority to decide on answers. That can take place only at a higher level. Before he resigned two weeks ago, Secretary of State Alexander Haig had been busily setting up a "back channel" with the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, Anatoli Dobrynin, and a working relationship with Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Haig had established himself as the Kremlin's principal point of contact on START. Now the Soviets are worried not only about Haig's departure, but about the possibility that Weinberger, who favored an even...
...said that the ongoing $350 million Harvard capital fund drive had hindered Foundation fundraising somewhat last year because University development officers have tried to channel most donations through the central fund "But this year, we expect more flexibility," he added...
Ironically, the Pope had avoided coming to Argentina earlier, precisely because of a political dispute: the conflicting claims of Argentina and Chile to the Beagle Channel islands and the adjoining strait in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. That argument had threatened to erupt into war between the two countries until the claimants agreed to accept papal mediation. According to unofficial reports, the suggested terms of settlement award three islands to Chile and put the surrounding waters under shared sovereignty. Chile has declared itself ready to accept the solution. Argentina has not. Until the Falklands crisis forced a visit...
...battery of researchers to handle 800-number telephone queries from parents on a variety of child health-care matters. In Hawthorne, Calif., the Mattel toy company maintains a staff of telephone representatives to advise customers on the operation of the company's toys.and electronic games. In Whippany, N.J., Channel Home Centers, a 91-store hardware chain, offers home repair and fix-it advice from "Dr. Wally Barnett," whose role is played by a Channel employee and two assistants. "Dr. Wally" is sometimes mistakenly considered to be a physician, and people call in with questions about how to deliver...