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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That Tartikoff was able to survive so long and eventually prevail in a notoriously precarious job is just one of many anomalies about him. A graduate of Yale, where he majored in English, Tartikoff, 35, has the wit and offhand manner of a hip assistant professor. In the office he often appears in crew-neck sweaters and never wears a watch. The modest three-bedroom home where he lives with his wife Lilly and daughter lacks such California status symbols as a swimming pool and tennis court. During off-hours, Tartikoff enjoys shooting baskets (on his one extravagance, a home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Giant Leap to No. 2 | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...including many Clubbies) give equity high priority, almost all of us, also, value freedom of association. When values conflict, one must look at the circumstances to decide which deserves priority. In the case of Final Clubs, it is hard to see why the claims of equity should prevail over those of free association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Case for The Clubs | 11/27/1984 | See Source »

...extensive space manufacturing is likely to occur until the 1990s, says John E. Naugle, a Fairchild official. For now, research will prevail. Still, the advocates of business in space believe that doubts should temper but not rule. Says 3M's Podsiadly: "The only thing more risky than participating is not participating." Says Hubert Davis, president of Houston's Eagle Engineering, a space think tank: "I believe people often overestimate what can be done in the short term, and underestimate what can be done in the long term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Business Heads for Zero Gravity | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...will prevail next Tuesday if you all help him. I promise you that I will work closely with him in Washington to see that the sons and daughters [sic] of Massachusetts get the kind of future they deserve," the President added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Woos Youth at Rally | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

Although most organizations are relatively small, many have overlapping membership, where common views prevail. For example, members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) at Harvard boast a membership of 15 core members, but Damon A. Silvers '86, president of the organization, says that more than 15 students sympathetic to the organization's politics participate in meetings and demonstrations...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Action Across the Spectrum | 10/24/1984 | See Source »

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