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...nation's air controllers are straining to handle their workload. A survey by the Government's General Accounting Office last March produced some disturbing findings: an overwhelming 91% of controllers complained that the system does not have enough qualified controllers, 70% reported that they handle more traffic in peak periods than they should be required to accept, 69% claimed that their heavy workloads adversely affect air safety. In the fiscal year before the 1981 strike, controllers put in 377,000 hours of overtime; in 1985 they worked an extra 908,000 hours...
...that the decline is not a sign that women are choosing the altar over the office. Rather, it may be that women as a statistical group have now delayed marriage as long as possible. "At some point," says the Census Bureau's Steve Rawlings, "all these trends reach a peak period of stabilization...
...left, it had already moved Paramount neck- and-neck with Warner for Hollywood's No. 1 studio slot with such hits as Flashdance, An Officer and a Gentleman and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In Diller's final year, Paramount's profits hit what was then an all-time peak of $109 million on revenues of $986.6 million. The duo left behind one monster hit, Beverly Hills Cop, which subsequently brought in $235 million. But the Paramount stable also included such nags as King David ($5.1 million) and Explorers ($9.9 million). Paramount's market share, which had climbed as high...
More important, Newhart is running with the easy, confident stride of a TV series at the peak of its form. Success has come without any of the usual sitcom crutches: not a single regular character is a wisecracking child, irreverent senior citizen or cute extraterrestrial. "Let's just say we're not a high-impact comedy like Laverne and Shirley," says Newhart, 57. "We give the audience credit for having some intelligence." Newhart's leisurely, low- voltage style sets the tone; instead of rapid-fire gag lines, he opts for shrewdly timed pauses, stammers and deadpan understatement. He gets...
...says he is also glad to be back down to a "realistic weight," having dropped 60 pounds since his NFL peak...