Word: mania
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dallas, Lorimar's Ewing-family saga, is still around. The Who-Shot-J.R.? mania of 1980, when 300 million viewers in 57 countries waited breathlessly for the most successful cliffhanger in entertainment history, has abated, but enough people still watch the supersoap that its rating this season is higher than, oh, thirtysomething's. On May 3, CBS will reunite many of the early cast members in a two-hour fantasy finale that leads J.R. through an It's a Wonderful Life-style tour of what Dallas would have been like without him. And tens of millions of viewers will...
...energy to sustain dramatic interest. The Cabot production succeeds on this count more often than it fails. Jones turns in an engaging performance as Vladimir, the more flighty of the two derelicts. Striking comic postures that require yogic flexibility, he attacks his lines with the right degree of mania and pathos. His lanky frame and expressive face effectively contrast the countenance of his counterpart, Estragon...
...those operations to USAir for only $64.5 million. Mainly as a result of that sale, Midway posted a $139.2 million loss last year. Yet with completion of the sale expected next month, Midway chairman David Hinson insists "the worst is now behind us." In light of the fare-cutting mania that has recently gripped air carriers, Midway's 5,700 employees can only hope he is right...
Levin, who has written books on children's fascination with war play, conceived the survey after parents and teachers asked her to take a look at turtle mania. She conducted the study with Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an associate professor of education at Lesley College...
...stars who led them during the boom years with more conservative managers. Says Paul Ray Jr., an executive recruiter: "Instead of doing deals, now the emphasis is on cost control." On Wall Street during the past two years, more than 60,000 jobs have been lost as merger mania ended and the bull market stalled. Largely as a result, big accounting and law firms that served the merger makers have slashed their partnership rolls. Last month the accounting firm Peat Marwick abruptly dismissed 300 of its 1,875 partners, protecting profits by chopping highly compensated senior talent...