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...Cabots and the Lowells, it's likely that those people who sign Robertson's presidential petition do so because they appreciate that he, not He, talks to them. Robertson may talk to God but he understands that it is the support of us mortals, whether it be measured in Nielsen ratings or votes, that really matters...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Populist Revivalist | 9/24/1986 | See Source »

...biggest loser in the shuffle was former Deputy Prime Minister Erik Nielsen. The intensely partisan Nielsen was replaced by former Transportation Minister Donald Frank Mazankowski, who is much less contentious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Let's Do the Shuffle | 7/14/1986 | See Source »

...much ado about Fifth Amendment rights. In the present instance they are coming at him in serried ranks, all members of what seems to be a satanic religious cult, whose chief form of worship is serial killing. Ultimately their evil energy is focused on a model, played by Brigitte Nielsen (Mrs. Stallone in private life), who is the only witness to one of their crimes. Assigned to protect her, Cobra reluctantly (indeed, spiritlessly) falls in love with her. But this is presented as a distraction from his main line of business, which is to polish his arsenal in preparation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Man of Few Grunts and No Beeps Cobra | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

...till Monday," he replies. Willie nags him to get out of the apartment and make friends. "I had friends," Joe snaps. "I didn't like it." At the end of one episode, Joe is even found in bed with a prostitute, without apologies. Not exactly the stuff of Nielsen winners, but a TV breakthrough: the first sitcom about loneliness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Lonely Beat Joe Bash; | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...been bedeviled by internal squabbling so severe that a shoving match once broke out in the newsroom. If Jackson and PUSH spread their campaign to other stations and take the pressure off WBBM, Rodgers may discover that dealing with the reverend was easy compared with attracting rating points from Nielsen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: When Push Gives a Shove | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

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