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...first prominent Hollywood actors to defect to the much scorned new medium of TV, Reagan revived his acting career. The General Electric Theater, with Reagan as host from 1954 to 1962, dominated the Sunday-night ratings. But what changed Reagan was his tours of the GE plants. Later, Reagan's opponents often underestimated him, dismissing him as "just an actor," an amateur lacking political experience. What they failed to see was that although Reagan had not spent much time in conventional politics, he had gained both skill and experience in what was to become the politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American President: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...homemaker and president of her local embroiderers' guild conducts genetic research at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Her work has helped raise Elizabeth's IQ into the normal range and has provided a model for helping the approximately 500 other kids in the U.S. with the same defect. Cody also set up the Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society--a foundation that connects affected families with one another and funds research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Savior Parents | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...soared in the past year. XM is up 379%; Sirius, 491%. Analyst April Horace of Janco Partners in Denver predicts that within five years 16 million Americans will be listening to satellite radio. She says the market would explode if a popular shock jock like Howard Stern were to defect with his 15 million listeners, a prospect that looked more likely last week after six traditional stations dropped his show following an FCC proposal to fine their corporate parent, Clear Channel Communications, $495,000 for airing his "indecent" content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Revolution In Radio | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...September ? Political infighting results in Roh quitting the MDP. Thirty-seven of his supporters also defect, and form the Uri Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Path To Impeachment | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...Green candidate has generated a significant amount of press activity, and we don’t think that as many liberals will defect from the Democrats en masse to vote for an unknown Green candidate,” she wrote...

Author: By Ivana V. Katic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hopefuls for Green Party Presidential Nomination Debate at KSG | 2/4/2004 | See Source »

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