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...market." He argues that the possibility that the rule would be repealed-it has been under attack from the beginning-has inhibited programming and investment. The most important reason, however, is that most station managers do not have big enough budgets to develop shows, and will air the cheapest program they can get so long as it does not fall too low in the ratings...
...phrase rolling from his lips so smoothly that it sounds like an agency cliche. Again and again he returns to the theme of an officer's loyalty to his subordinates: "If your people are caught in an operation, you do everything you can for them. Money is the cheapest commodity you've got in an operation like this...
...once sumptuous streets of Atlantic City, N.J., which gave their names to the Monopoly board, have considerably deteriorated. The famed Boardwalk offers little more than whirling dervish rides, shooting galleries and stomach-eroding refreshment stands. Two of the tackier streets in town are Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues-also the cheapest buys on the Monopoly board. Thus, as part of a $1,000,000 public works improvement program, Atlantic City's public works commissioner, Arthur W. Ponzio, proposed to change the names of the avenues to Fairmont and Melrose to improve the city's traffic patterns...
...started making ballpoint refills in an old factory near Paris. Soon it occurred to Bich that a disposable pen that needed no refills would be more to the point. What his country needed, as Bich saw it, was a good 10? pen. Today the cheapest throwaway Bic sells for less than that in France-about 7?. In the U.S. the same pen retails for 19?, and it is the biggest seller on the market...
...cheapest and best solution is to build a completely new airport wherever possible. With this in mind, Congress passed the Airports and Airway Development Act of 1970. The act provides matching federal funds for airport construction, but only for those airports that take steps to protect and enhance "the national quality of life." To prepare environmental studies, gain government approval and build a new facility, airport officials say, can take up to 15 years. As a result, most new airport plans are being shelved...