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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While 3-D has been around since the 1950s, the Moonlighting broadcast will employ an advanced technique developed by Terry Beard, a California-based optical engineer. In the past, 3-D pictures appeared blurry to viewers who did not use special glasses. With Beard's technology those people will see a clear two-dimensional image. Of course, they will be missing one-third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROMOTION: An Extra Dimension | 2/1/1988 | See Source »

Once the shots began to fall for Harvard in the second half, the Crimson was able to employ its full-court press regularly, forcing 19 turnovers...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men Cagers Overrule the Judges, 81-63 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...delusion, on Broadcast Row or Wall Street or Pennsylvania Avenue or any other center of American power these days, to think that old-fashioned moral standards have much to do with today's lean, mean, rapier-clean business practices. Does a news organization, like the one in Broadcast News, employ too many talented men and women to keep its profits proud and its corporate raiders on hold? Then it will package the old reliables and promote the young presentables -- including a good-looking network reporter with nothing on his mind but making it. Does an avid stockbroker, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Season Of Flash And Greed | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

...hold a hearing that would delay Icahn's bid, but it looks like the request will be turned down. Searching for other options, TWA needs to buy time -- and influence. Enter former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver. That very month Deaver has left Ronald Reagan's employ to start a Washington "consulting" firm. According to Jon Ash, a former TWA executive, Deaver says, "I can give ((Transportation Secretary)) Elizabeth Dole a call." Deaver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have Influence, Will Travel | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...border. The 1,500-acre ranch where he raises cattle and grows oranges is the centerpiece of six properties he owns or manages. Once a week the modern-day feudal baron and his Costa Rican wife Margarita ride out on horseback to check on the 100 workers in their employ. El Patron also enjoys climbing into his blue-and-white Cessna and taking off from one of his half-a-dozen or more airstrips to survey his fiefdom from a God's-eye view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Misadventures of el Patron | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

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