Word: coast-to-coast
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...daily as a misconceived ego trip by hard-driving Chairman Allen Neuharth. Gannett is the biggest U.S. newspaper chain, with 85 dailies, but its papers are mostly in smaller markets, and the combined circulation of 3.5 million before USA Today had translated into scant national influence. By launching a coast-to-coast daily, Gannett would gain visibility and clout, even if the undertaking would require steep start-up costs, arduous technical demands in printing at dozens of locations, and a hard sell to persuade advertisers to accept a new kind of vehicle...
...presidential nomination at 11:59 a.m. on the day after Super Tuesday III?the final day of one of the most grueling, frenetic and unpredictable primary seasons ever. Now on election eve Mondale's campaign plane was over California, nearing the end of a 25-hour, 5,620-mile coast-to-coast blitz. The candidate had been in fine fettle, rousing partisan audiences in New Jersey, West Virginia and New Mexico. He seemed somehow to be thriving on the hectic pace and its near sleepless nights. Finally confident that the elusive goal was at hand, the Minnesotan...
Greek grumbles inflame a coast-to-coast run for charity...
Very few reservations about a coast-to-coast gambling boom
...free rides. Several Californians even paid $150 apiece, plus carfare to and from airports, and spent a day flying from Sacramento (A) to San Francisco (B) to Phoenix (C) to collect free passes to New York City. That seems excessive when some airlines still offer a $198 round-trip coast-to-coast fare and passengers do not have to fly anywhere else to qualify. Republic officials are not sure what all of this is going to cost, but they think it was worth it. Says Spokesman Redmond Tyler: "The campaign has brought more nationwide attention than ad dollars...