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As if that weren't trauma enough, the networks are struggling through their worst autumn ever. Because of the five-month writers' strike, which shut down production on most shows during the spring and summer, the fall season is a shambles. The first of the new series premiered on NBC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Big Boys' Blues | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Price reform has been acknowledged by Gorbachev as an essential element of perestroika and an eventual certainty on the Soviet agenda. But mindful of the disruption that such reform has caused not only in China but also in parts of Eastern Europe, he has done virtually nothing to cut back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism Too Far, Too Fast? | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

Will it all be worth it? To NBC, almost certainly. The 1,750-odd minutes of advertising time is virtually sold out (at an average $330,000 for a 30-sec. spot in prime time), and the network is projecting an overall prime-time rating of 21.2 -- higher than the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: NBC's Bid For TV Glory | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

In another age, in a simpler society, a drought of these dimensions was mostly a farm calamity. What could make this drought more menacing than anything yet seen should the rains not come is the interwoven nature of the environment, economy and people. Crop failures, farm bankruptcies, high food costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Dakota: The Big Dry | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

Carlucci also has his adaptable and diplomatic side. As Secretary of Defense, he has drained away most of the poison that his predecessor, Caspar Weinberger, left behind in the Pentagon's relations with Congress and the State Department, largely by the simple expedient of respecting their turfs and their opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing The Pentagon to Heel | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

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