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Though there have been reports that NBC president Robert Wright favors Letterman for the Tonight job, NBC program executives insist they are happy with Leno and contemplate no change. Leno's ratings, they point out, are on the rise, from a low of 4.1 in August to 4.6 for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wooing of David Letterman | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

As the teakettle bubbles on the old tin stove, Nadezhda serves a breakfast of bread and butter while considering her shopping list. "You can't plan now," she says. "Things were more affordable before." Food costs the family nearly 4,000 rubles a month, a sizable proportion of their combined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finances: The Unfulfilled Promise of Reform Means That Working-Class Families Are Just Scraping By | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

And Wolkoff said that the claim of racial discrimination was "a lot of nonsense," blown out of proportion by the media and Cambridge residents.

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Court to Rule on Commonwealth Day Suit | 11/25/1992 | See Source »

-- Compared with playing a sport, being a fan is a no-lose proposition. Cheer at all of Chelsea's games, patronize presidential boxes, and visit the locker rooms after events like the World Series. Don't be cowed by the Secret Service. Like all bureaucracies, it has perpetuated itself all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sure, Reviving the Economy and Bringing Peace to The | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

The first to arrive, aside from those few close friends deemed worthy enough to be honored with the first cups of beer foam, were members of the Varsity (insert your least favorite sport here) Team, who casually finished off half of the first keg and proceeded to scrawl obscure epithets...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, | Title: Endpaper | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

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