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Many scholars believe that sleaze comes in cycles and that this decade's ethical looseness was partly inspired by the deregulatory, anything-goes mood of the Reagan era. "People convince themselves that a new norm of acceptability applies because of the general atmosphere of corruption," says Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics in Los Angeles. The emphasis on money as an absolute barometer of success was equally corrupting. Says Donald Shriver, head of the Union Theological Seminary: "The Protestant work heritage is being stood on its head because making money has become a good...
...gear up before shooting starts; new shows may require more. Because editing and other post- filming tasks also take time, returning series may trickle in through November, and new-series debuts could bump up against the Thanksgiving-to- Christmas holiday period, when viewing lags and seasonal specials are the norm. At least some "fall" premieres may arrive in the January slot customarily given to midseason replacements...
...modern fans will say not every game at Wrigley will be played under the lights. There will be some day games. But day games will never again be the norm in baseball. The day game, once a baseball institution, is now a rare luxury, kind of like having guacamole with your chips. Or anchovies on your pizza...
...himself up. "The bizarre works fairly well for us," says Giants Owner Bob Bavasi. So do more orthodox gimmicks. The Louisville Redbirds brought in the Beach Boys for a postgame concert at a cost of $100,000. The game drew 22,000 fans to the stadium, three times the norm, while concessions took in $100,000, about four times the usual sales. At the final home game in September, the team will give away a $34,000 Corvette sports car in a random drawing...
Radical activism was far from the norm among students in the early 1960s. "I was not a red-hot, but my social conscience did develop while at Harvard," says Daniel del Solar...