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...broadcasting world increasingly seems like a tower of babble. News inter viewers pose tough questions for high Administration officials; ex-game show hosts lob softballs at starlets plugging their latest movies; snarling radio talk-meisters shout angry opinions on everything from Ronald Reagan to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Amid this flood of verbiage, King provides a refreshing strain of intelligent, graceful conversation. For 71/2 years, that conversation has been largely confined to the middle of the night, on the Mutual Radio Network's Larry King Show. Now King has ventured into prime-time TV as host of a nightly talk show...
...welcomed far more than its share of immigrants and political refugees. With a population of nearly 240 million and all of its attendant social and economic problems, the last thing our country needs is a flood of additional people. It is high time for the U.S. to end its unrealistic and anachronistic immigration and refugee policies by drastically restricting the admission of newcomers to our shores. Russell S. Garner Arlington...
...used the alias "New Jersey Hack Sack" and communicated regularly with other computer owners over a loosely organized network of electronic bulletin boards. A computer search of the contents of those boards by Detective George Green and Patrolman Michael Grennier, who is something of a hacker himself, yielded a flood of gossip, advice, tall tales and hard information, including excerpts from an AT&T satellite manual, dozens of secret telephone numbers and lists of stolen credit card numbers...
...financial winner. Though officials at Gannett will not divulge figures, Wall Street analysts estimate that the publication has lost about $250 million in pretax dollars. Neuharth has always said that the paper would not become profitable until 1987, but some company officials nonetheless seem a bit dismayed that the flood of red ink might top $350 million...
...Bobcats were overmatched in several categories, particularly in center field where sophomore midfielder John Henry Flood won 15 of 17 face-offs...