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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It was the most awkwardly protracted job opening of 1989. On the last day of November, after two years of trying unsuccessfully to boost the network's sagging ratings, CBS Entertainment president Kim LeMasters resigned. His departure was not unexpected, but CBS's delay in naming a successor was. For...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Days Of Distress at CBS | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Slumps, of course, are made to be broken. ABC jumped from nowheresville to first place in the mid-'70s, and NBC was a sorry No. 3 before Bill Cosby helped boost it to No. 1 in the mid-'80s. But CBS may be in more desperate straits than either of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Days Of Distress at CBS | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Not all the news is bad for CBS. The network still ranks No. 1 in daytime. In addition, it has grabbed the TV rights to several major sports events, including the baseball play-offs and World Series, the NCAA basketball tournament and the 1992 and '94 Winter Olympics -- though for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Days Of Distress at CBS | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

With its crusade against the Medellin cocaine cartel coming up short, the Colombian government decided to raise the ante. Two months ago, officials offered $625,000 for information leading to the capture of either of the country's two most infamous traffickers: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, 39, and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs Death of a Drug Prince | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

The smartest way to keep a U.S. hand in Europe, Baker reasoned, is to adapt existing international groups to the new reality. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, a 35-member body that includes the two superpowers, has met periodically since it produced the 1975 Helsinki agreement, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Peering into Europe's Future | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

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