Word: outlet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been to Timbuktu or thereabouts for the greater part of the last year, perhaps you managed to miss the headline-inducing fling of Mr. Prez and little Miss Monica. But if you've been in the vicinity of an outlet of the American press it would be virtually impossible to have missed the mind-numbing blitz of opinions and details of the sexual happening...
...rushing to judgment, Hyde is hardly alone. A number of lawmakers on both sides have decided that resignation is the only option; they were joined Monday by USA Today, the largest media outlet yet to call for Clinton to step down. But most people, if polls are to be believed, are equally adamant in their support. The President's job approval rating clings onto those mid-60s for dear life, say CBS, NBC and ABC. What's more, the largest percentage of those polls -- between 59 and 67 -- favor neither impeachment nor resignation but a third option: congressional censure...
SCOTT RITTER Your boss won't let you inspect the weapons you want. The Iraqi dictator won't play fair. It's time to throw in the gas mask. Then talk to every major news outlet...
Blockbuster's troubles were destroying the synergistic dreams of its parent, media giant Viacom (1997 sales: $13.2 billion), owner of Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon and MTV. Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone bought Blockbuster in 1994 from billionaire Wayne Huizenga for $8 billion, figuring that the retail stores would be a natural outlet for Viacom's films and music. But by mid-1997, with Viacom's stock stuck to the floor, Redstone had to implement drastic measures, including a $323 million charge at Blockbuster. The charge reflected an unsuccessful attempt to expand Blockbuster's sales by emphasizing music, candy and comics and moving...
...York Business "40 Under 40" list of executives, she certainly can't be suffering for money. But consider the following coincidences: both Thomas-Graham and Nikki Chase hail from Detroit; both exhibited marked success in economics-related fields, and both are affiliated with Harvard. Self-aggrandizement? Possibly. A creative outlet? If that's what you want to call it, fine. But steer clear of the assessment that A Darker Shade of Crimson accurately exposes the upper echelons of Harvard society. Allow the book to entertain for you what fantasies it will, but don't doubt for a moment that...