Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...call from Lelyveld last month was different. The two are old friends who have never once, Roberts says, disagreed about journalistic philosophy. The paper has problems in local coverage and marketing to the suburbs, two of Roberts' specialties. And the Times is the Times -- the premier daily, the shared frame of reference for political, commercial, cultural and media elites. Its analysis becomes, almost by definition, the prevailing wisdom...
With Ross expertly stroking egos, Warner prospered astonishingly, but his highly personal, unbusinesslike style had its darker side. Bruck provides the most detailed account yet of an illegal cash-skimming operation at the Mob-run Westchester Premier Theater in the 1970s. Ross's best friend, Warner executive Jay Emmett, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud arising from the scheme, and Bruck leaves the unmistakable impression that Ross himself was deeply involved, which Ross steadfastly denied. (Ross cut off Emmett summarily when Emmett began cooperating with the prosecution...
...Beijing the two TIME editors, bureau chief Jaime A. FlorCruz and reporter Mia Turner discussed the problem with Vice Premier Li Lanqing, who said China too prefers a nuclear-free Korean peninsula but has "limited" influence over Pyongyang. Li was more concerned about Clinton's human-rights campaign...
Although I rarely quote former president Nixon, he was right when he commented upon meeting with then premier, Chou En Lai, that "when our hands met, one era ended and another began...
...allow Motorola broader access to Japan's cellular-telephone market. Christopher's next stop was China, where talks on renewing that country's most-favored-nation trading status got off to a rocky start. China's recent crackdown on dissidents, Christopher said, "certainly bodes ill" for chances of renewal. Premier Li Peng told Christopher, "China will never accept U.S.-style human rights." As for U.S. trade, "China can live without...