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...money it needs for closing and merging insolvent thrifts. Along with $10.8 billion in new borrowing authority approved by Congress last year, FSLIC will have enough income from deposit- insurance premiums and other sources to bring its rescue resources to $20 billion through 1991. That is only somewhat less than its liabilities for all 510 of the U.S. thrifts that are considered insolvent under strict accounting rules...
Hill Street's success was followed by Bochco's most notable failure: Bay City Blues, an ensemble show about a minor-league baseball team, canceled after just four episodes in 1983. Less than two years later, Bochco was ousted from Hill Street and MTM. But he resurfaced quickly at 20th Century Fox, where he began working on an idea that had been percolating for a year and a half: a Hill Street-style ensemble drama about a high-powered contemporary law firm. L.A. Law, which debuted in September 1986, caught on almost immediately...
Bochco has less day-to-day involvement in Hooperman, for which he co-wrote the first three scripts and now serves as consultant. The show, a provocative but overly congested half hour of drama and comedy, has yet to hit its creative stride. But Bochco's batting average has been impressive enough that the networks seem convinced he has a golden touch. Last fall CBS tried to hire Bochco as its chief of programming. He turned down the job, partly because it would mean giving up his financial interest in L.A. Law and Hooperman, expected to be worth millions when...
...record of the 1904 Senators and 1920 Tigers was 13 perfect losses, but the Orioles were at 16 and looking unstoppable when they reached the crescendo of allowing nine first inning runs by the Kansas City Royals. Grayer at 52 and a little less volatile, Robinson finally closed the clubhouse door ! and screamed. Because he has been three of the only five black managers (Larry Doby and Maury Wills had momentary calls in Chicago and Seattle), some people are saying Frank Robinson has become an old-boy network complete unto himself, as recyclable as the much fired, well-traveled perennials...
...their first date. (They hated the movie, left early and went back to her apartment for tea.) Dukakis was quickly smitten. She was impressed with how he took to her son, occasionally baby-sitting while Kitty studied for an exam. When the two decided to marry, Dukakis' parents were less than thrilled: they liked her, but a divorced woman with a young son was not what they had envisioned for their Michael. Kitty's parents were delighted: her mother dubbed Michael "the Saint," referring to not only his righteous manner but his willingness to put up with the mercurial...