Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...went on the air in 1978. "The Larry King Show" was broadcast on 28 stations. Today, more than 250 Mutual affiliate stations carry to show to five-and-a-half million of what King affectionately calls "King-a-holies." Calls to King have made the Virginia studio's area code the busiest in the nation during the late night shows. "In the beginning," King recalls, "there was more than one occasion when [area code] 703 blew--no one could make a call in an area that includes the Pentagon...
...response to Sherman's statement that the code's intent was unclear, the city council last April passed an amendment to the anti-conversion laws which ratified the rent board's interpretation of the ordinance...
...bill passed the House in late June by a 137 to 2 vote. It is currently on its way to a floor vote in the Senate and Cotter said he is "cautiously optimistic" that the code will become law before the end of the year...
Some admen are talking of drawing up a voluntary code to define limits beyond which agencies should not go in creating political commercials. But politicians with money to spend will always be able to find agencies that will craft noxious ads, and they will be tempted to buy such ads as long as they think nastiness may succeed. Says California's Hart: "Depending on your view of human nature, you aim for a voter's baser instincts or his hopes and aspirations. These days, you find that fewer and fewer people respond to positive messages." Coelho voices hope...
...president of Nasson, a liberal arts college in Maine with an enrollment of 380, announced earlier this week that unless the college drastically reworked its financial system, the school would go bankrupt under the federal bankrupt code before the end of this term...