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...this November's ratings war is crucial. Many of the No. 1 network's hits have suffered erosion this season, and the time has come to recoup. To this end, ABC is betting on an ambitiously sleazy collection of made-for-TV movies. Leading the pack is a six-hour miniseries, The French Atlantic Affair, which will have to face such competition as A Bridge Too Far (NBC) and Silver Streak (CBS). ABC just may win. Its mini-series aims so low that it does not even qualify as popcorn entertainment; the show is best watched while chewing...
Spradley's Houston colleagues rallied to his side and a defense fund was set up. Mayor Jim McConn joined the campaign, hoping to recoup some prestige in the wake of a scandal involving a gambling debt and the indictment of a top fund raiser and aide for extorting kickbacks. In full uniform, Everitt flew to the rescue with Fire Chief V.E. Rogers...
...wage demands were held down in exchange for increased government benefits. Over the past three years, their restraint helped reduce inflation from 24.2% to about 8% last year. But, with Britain's economy bubbling from an infusion of North Sea oil, the unions feel it is time to recoup the sacrifices of the past. They regard Callaghan's effort to impose a 5% ceiling on settlements as a challenge. If they accept the policy, their members' pay hikes would fall, once again, behind the rate of inflation...
Other men attracted greater attention than Teng Hsiao-p'ing in this varied and violent year (see story page 40). After an uncertain apprenticeship that saw his popularity rating drop to 30% in the polls, President Jimmy Carter was able to recoup through his foreign policy victories. At his Camp David summit, Carter appeared for a while to have achieved a miracle for the Middle East?a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. But at year's end the negotiations were frustratingly stalled. Poland's Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, the athletic, scholarly Archbishop of Cracow, became the first non-Italian Pope...
...deductions for accelerated depreciation and interest on personal loan debt, as well as a 10% investment tax credit. For each partner, that can work out to a $20,000 direct tax credit, plus a minimum of $80,000 in deductions. In a few more years the partners can recoup all their original investment in tax breaks despite having to pay a levy on income from leasing out the plane...