Word: move
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nearing retirement at 65, Richard Salant, the acerbic president of CBS News since 1961, told friends he was planning to fill his days by writing a book and, perhaps, giving lectures to journalism students. But last week, in a move that amazed the television industry, Salant announced that on May 1, the day after he leaves the CBS payroll, he will become vice chairman of rival NBC, responsible for news and corporate planning. "I'm terrified of retirement," Salant explained. "The truth is, I don't know how to teach or how to write a book...
...Government, which still allows sprays to be used on rangelands and rice fields, is ambivalent about dioxin. Thomas Whiteside, a British-born journalist who writes regularly in The New Yorker, is not. Whiteside's early articles on dioxin started a move that led, back in 1970, to a ban on the practice of spraying herbicides containing the substance on the jungles of Viet Nam. His newest book may help to create a climate for domestic restrictions. Such action seems appropriate. Everything that is known about dioxin, associated with skin eruptions, liver damage, cancers, mental problems, miscarriages and birth defects...
...normal 1500 meter course in the basin between the MIT and B.U. boathouse fell victim to the windy weather and turbulent waters. The two teams agreed to move the race upstream to the "powerhouse stretch," shortening the course by about 100 meters...
After opening the second half with a thin 3-2 lead, the Penn offense settled down and left the Harvard team floundering. The Quakers used a four square offense and seemed to score at will. Their organization and strong passing skills allowed them to move past the Crimson defense and score as holes opened...
...well against Penn's tough stickwomen but couldn't complete the passes it needed to clear the ball out into the hands of the Crimson's capable attack. The few times that the defense made the right connections, it had trouble returning to defensive positions after scattering to help move the ball...