Word: partnerships
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudi Arabia, the liss's Bertram believes that Washington would do well to try to dilute a historic one-to-one relationship with Riyadh by bringing some of its closest allies into the partnership. Otherwise, says Bertram, "the danger is that the U.S. will be drawn into the country's potential internal conflicts, and that governments in the Gulf, in order to reduce internal tensions of their own, would try to dissociate themselves from the U.S." In his view, the establishment of permanent U.S. bases in the Gulf would be unwise because it would place additional internal political...
...Louis, Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh became a touch less onerous in light of one of Carter's press conference statements. Asked who his running mate might be next year, the President did not duck the question. Said Carter: "Fritz Mondale and I have a very good partnership and I have no plans whatsoever to change...
Surprise is the key to Brooks' style; viewers can never guess the next line or the next move. In the premiere episode of The Associates, for example, there is a battle between two young lawyers for a partnership. One (John Getz) is sympathetic; the other (Joe Regalbuto) is a sycophant. Based on his experience with 10,000 other sitcoms, the viewer thinks that the good guy will win and expects them to play off one another for the rest of the series. But Brooks has Mr. Good not only lose the job, but also quit the firm -and leave...
...over the asylum." Tinker, the perfect boss, gave his writers nearly total freedom, and the result was not only The MTM Show, but eventually Rhoda and the Lou Grant show. Brooks, Weinberger and a fellow writer-producer, Stan Daniels, went their own amicable way in 1977 and formed the partnership that has produced The Associates and Taxi. If The Associates survives its early low ratings, Brooks' income will rise faster than the price of gold...
...Beaton. Alas, U.P.I. last week was unable to upstage its rival on one major story, though it definitely had the edge on inside information. Because of a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that prohibits a company from advertising a stock offering, U.P.I. could not report news of its forthcoming partnership sale...