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Wilson will moderate a half-hour panel discussion covering a variety of issues, ranging from the death penalty to driver legislation. He said this week he hopes the show's format will overcome television's tendency to over-simplify...
When Carter arrived in San Francisco, he may have still had his doubts. The Democratic National Committee had scheduled his speech for 8:30 p.m. E.D.T., a half-hour before the networks were to begin their coverage. At Lance's request, D.N.C. officials rearranged the schedule so that Carter could appear in prime time. The welcome response to Carter's address alleviated everyone's fears. By week's end there was even some talk of Carter's playing an active role in the Mondale-Ferraro campaign...
...That half-hour televised debate last week marked the first and probably last time the two candidates will meet before next Monday's parliamentary elections. With questions supplied in advance, the encounter mirrored the sluggish campaign. Opinion also seems becalmed: according to polls published in the Jerusalem Post last week, Peres and his Labor party still enjoy a cozy lead over Shamir's Likud bloc, 39.5% to 29.5%. If that gap holds, Labor could win 47 of the Knesset's 120 seats, vs. 35 for Likud...
...around 8 a.m. to feel out what has been brewing in the London markets and what they mean for Harvard's money. Later, with newsletters and The Wall Street Journal read, the full investment staff--traders, portfolio managers, fixed-income managers and researchers--meet at 9:30 for a half-hour of quick reports...
...while "Nightline" has yet to devote a half-hour to undergarments, it has addressed everything from the Iran-Iraq war to the beauty of Mt Everest, from the possibility of a nuclear apocalypse to Cabbage Patch dolls. "Can you name a subject 'Nightline' hasn't discussed?" Koppel asks...