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...language TV people are most fluent in, ABC had a Nielsen average of 21.5, compared with 18.7 for CBS and 18.0 for NBC. Since each Nielsen point means a million viewers and is worth about $36 million in advertising revenue on a full-season basis, ABC'S lead was equal to $100.8 million ?and that is a language anyone can understand...
...outdone, Laker struck back later in the week by proposing to the British government some revisions in his own plan (Washington's approval is not required). He requested that his baggage weight limit be lifted from 33 to 44 Ibs., equal to what the larger carriers will offer. To offset the bigger lines' advantage of landing at convenient Heathrow Airport, Laker wants to touch down at Gatwick, which is served by rail (though it is still about 40 minutes from London) and more accessible than the far-off Stansted field, where he first proposed to land. He also...
Durrell's sense of place turned Alexandria into a popular municipality of literature, although his hothouse prose left the effect of unwholesome orchids raised in a mulch of shredded Oxford English Dictionaries. As a travel writer it would be difficult for Durrell to equal Bitter Lemons, his 1957 portrait of Cyprus. But then, Durrell lived for three years on Cyprus-owned a small old house, taught school, eventually worked for the British government as the island drifted into insurrection. Durrell went to Sicily as a tourist aboard the "Sicilian Carousel," a bus tour clockwise around the island...
...unrealistic ethical constraints we impose on our leaders in Washington are crippling their effectiveness. Of equal concern, however, is the almost ludicrous scene in which Bert Lance [July 25] is charged with directing our country's budget while apparently unable to manage his personal budget. Which of his four houses does he consider his castle...
Shame on you for your Essay on discrimination [July 25]! Using such trivial examples to deal with a most important issue: equal rights. I suspect that the editors of TIME are simply uncomfortable with social changes already accomplished -especially those that are a result of affirmative action programs and the push for women's rights and gay rights...