Word: parenting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Parent's Approval...
Purged by a parent's payola
Should the sins of a corporate parent be visited on its subsidiary companies? Yes, said the Federal Communications Commission in a startling 4-to-3 decision last week that stripped RKO General of its valuable television broadcasting licenses in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. It was one of the harshest actions in the often sleepy agency's 45-year history...
...past behavior of RKO's parent, General Tire & Rubber Co., determined the decision. Ten years ago, General Tire signed a consent decree with the Justice Department, which charged it with forcing buyers of its tires to advertise them on RKO stations. Four years ago, General Tire disclosed that it made illegal political campaign contributions and foreign payoffs and agreed to pay fines of $200,000 after signing a consent decree with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The FCC complaint emphasized that "RKO was effectively controlled by General Tire and hence General Tire's wrongdoing had a direct bearing...
Some advocates of divorce-law change believe that only joint custody makes sense. Says Garry Brown, former head of Equal Rights for Fathers of New York State: "I don't care how inadequate a parent is, a kid is entitled to his two loving parents." Brown favors a system under which the child lives with one parent, while the other has unlimited visitation rights and a full voice in decisions involving the child's rearing. On Jan. 1, California became the fourth state (after Oregon, Iowa and Wisconsin) to adopt a statute specifically providing the option of joint...