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...subject of innumerable horror stories, conjure up hellish images in the minds of out-of-towners. But while many crimes occur in the tangle below ground, the 81-year-old, 24-hour-a-day system faithfully carries about a billion riders a year, three-quarters of the nation's rapid- transit passengers. An average of 38 felonies are committed each day, only 2.6% of the city's total crime...
Since February, transit police have guaranteed that there will be one officer on every train from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. They have instituted sweeps of subway stations, a kind of underground rapid-deployment force that in 33 months has detected 9,000 incidents of crime. The current transit police force, which has 3,800 officers, is the largest ever for New York and the biggest in the country. Meanwhile, with subway workers threatening another strike, passengers are just hoping the trains will keep running. "The subway system?" said one young rider. "It's New York...
...planning and development who had become president of ABC Television in 1974, engineered a stunning turnaround. His first major move was to hire Silverman away from CBS to head ABC's programming department. Under the guidance of Silverman, "the man with the golden gut," ABC began turning out a rapid parade of hits. Many of them were raucous, youth-oriented comedies (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley); others exploited buxom blonds and sexual humor ( (Three's Company, Charlie's Angels); still others were sentimental puffballs from Producer Aaron Spelling (Love Boat, Fantasy Island). In the 1974-75 season, ABC was last...
...decision, questions arose once again about the future of the highly competitive home-computer field. The PCjr is only the latest machine headed for a home-computer graveyard crowded with models from such companies as Coleco, Timex and Mattel. The industry has suffered from fierce price competition, rapid product obsolescence and shifting consumer tastes...
...crown of this theory was the Shah of Iran. Like him, it was retired in 1979 to a small Panamanian island. Next came the Carter Doctrine, declaring a return to unilateral American action, if necessary, in defense of Western interests. That doctrine rested on the emergence of a rapid deployment force. Unfortunately, the force turned out neither rapid nor deployable. It enjoys a vigorous theoretical existence in southern Florida, whence it is poorly situated to repel the Red Army...