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...logic that compelled ABC to pay so much for Monday Night Football is also expansive. Without its "crown jewel," ABC would have a serious programming hole on Monday night--try coming up with half a dozen new shows. And even with diminished ratings, football still delivers eyeballs, particularly those of the young male viewers whom advertisers of cars, beer and other guy stuff want to reach. Although Monday Night's ratings are at an all-time low, the program ranked fifth among prime-time shows...
...last week Texarkana was crawling with men in moonsuits, rubber gloves and respirators as two dozen federal, state and local agencies tried to contain what had become a full-blown toxic emergency. Authorities identified 170 people--some in a town 15 miles away--who were exposed to the mercury as it moved from school lockers to kids' bedrooms and local businesses. Eight homes were contaminated so badly that they had to be evacuated and emptied of most of their furnishings. A classroom was splashed with mercury, as were a restaurant and a convenience store...
...also marks an exciting rejuvenation this season for Broadway--by which we now mean mainly the Broadway musical. Led by The Lion King, Ragtime and half a dozen other sellouts, ticket sales for New Year's week were the highest ever recorded. Attendance so far this season is up 5% over last, and 40% higher than 10 years ago. Rosie O'Donnell plugs Broadway shows regularly on her popular talk show; rock stars like Paul Simon are plunging in for the first time (Simon's musical The Capeman opens...
Under the guidance of several executives--notably former Information Services Manager Michael A. Schoen '93 and Business Manager Elizabeth S. Hilton '92--a dozen IBM compatible computers were installed in the newsroom, along with Macintosh workstations for graphic design and layout...
...true of similar magazines formerly published in Cambridge. Few read them, and they soon died. The reason is not hard to find. The thoughts of very young men are usually crude, and to every one but themselves almost worthless; besides, it is hard to find more than half a dozen interested in the same subject at once. It appears to us quite out of the question to speak to the half-dozen and neglect the hundreds. Let those who think differently consider well this line from Byron, that served as the motto of one of our predecessors...