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They didn't always. Bellisario (Magnum, P.I.; Quantum Leap) conceived the drama as "Top Gun meets A Few Good Men" and sold it to NBC, where it debuted in 1995. But in 1995-96, its first season on the network of Seinfeldian cool, JAG finished 77th in the ratings. nbc wanted more shootouts and hardware; Bellisario wanted to retain the legal drama. The show was headed for a dishonorable discharge when Moonves, seeing a good fit for his network's older audience, snapped it up, rolling gunslinging action and courtroom drama into one star-spangled package...
...penury of the pro tour--which features X Games-inspired short-course, head-to-head races--was a shock, one Schlopy thought he needed. "The sums of money are so little that you have to do well if you want to keep going. It was a total leap of faith." Schlopy earned less than $100,000 in three seasons, which went to cover his expenses, but he was rookie of the year in 1995 and easily posted the top results of any American...
...other two event winners for the Crimson were freshman Eleanor Thompson, who took the 60-meter hurdles for the second weekend in a row in a season-best time of 9.10 seconds, and Liz Cutright-Smith who won the triple jump with a 10.69-meter leap...
...unveiling what was described as a "grandiose plan" to develop North Korea into a superpower. According to the official press, North Koreans are so inspired by Ranam's factory that they are planning "uninterrupted miracles and feats in all fields." It sounds a lot like Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward, in which Chinese peasants made steel in their backyards and claimed to grow supersized cabbages; that campaign led to economic collapse and mass starvation. How times have changed: the big miracle most Koreans hope for these days is a chance to escape across the border?to prospering China...
Defending NCAA high jump champion Kart Siilats got her season off to a respectable start, winning the event with a leap of 1.75 meters—short of the automatic qualifying mark by eight centimeters...