Word: ledgers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While several merchants acknow- ledged that the state must take measures toalleviate its fiscal woes, which are intensifyingas credit agencies threaten to downgrade thestate's bonds, the merchants said the State Houseshould concentrate more on the spending side ofthe ledger...
...Newhouse's son and co-heir Donald, the same unobtrusive style still prevails. And while Hearsts, Knights, Ridders, Chandlers and other media dynasts have mostly dropped out of day-to-day management of their inheritances, about two dozen Newhouses work at properties ranging from the Newark Star-Ledger (circ. 470,000) and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (circ. 437,000) to Video Jukebox, a pay-per-view cable- TV channel featuring music videos...
...scramble to get more events onto the "our" side of the ledger has reached a frenzied peak. As the networks try to conserve a dwindling share of the TV audience, they are depending more and more on the drawing power of sports. "Sports is the one thing that comes to TV somewhat presold," says Larry Gerbrandt, senior analyst for Paul Kagan Associates. "If you're going to break in a new sitcom, you've got to launch a campaign of awareness. When you add a sports package, people already know what they are getting." The biggest events, moreover, can galvanize...