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...enormously troubling." Observed Joseph Pichler, a Catholic who is president of Dillon Cos., a major grocery and retail store operator: "There's much to agree on in the document, particularly when they speak of the dignity of man and the dignity of work. But their policy recommendations, I predict, are going to be widely ignored. They're bad economics...
Luckily for the survivors, most analysts predict record Christmas sales, whipped up by promotion campaigns timed to coincide with the start of the buying blitz. Apple and IBM are expected to spend $30 million each on advertising before Christmas. Says InfoCorp Analyst Howard Purer: "December should just go off the page." - By Philip Elmer-DeWitt Reported by Michael Moritz/San Francisco
...years ago by proclaiming Reagan's victory over Jimmy Carter while much of the country was still voting, responded to critics by delaying Tom Brokaw's victory decree until 8:30 p.m. At that hour, voting remained in progress in 26 states. Cable News Network abstained from predictions but nonetheless reported as news the projections made by its three bigger rivals. Politicians had voiced fears that the four major television news organizations would predict the outcome of the contest while polling places remained open on the West Coast. As it turned out, the networks called the race...
Although they tried hard, Peter lennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather had more than a little trouble finding other topics to hold viewer interest throughout the evening. And for that, they had themselves to thank. With sophisticated computers and tracking polls, each network was able to predict early on not only Reagan's reelection victory but also its magnitude. Much controversy followed network coverage of the presidential election in 1980, when NBC predicted Reagan's victory at 8:15 p.m. EST, long before Western polls had closed. Members of Congress advocated network self-restraint. But CBS, NBC and ABC rightly...
...Penny packet 23, five freshmen spent the early part of the evening flipping back and forth to find the network with the most cheery--to the Democrats, at least--news. They eventually resigned themselves to watching ABC, which had yet to predict that Massachusetts would go to Reagan...