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At one time TV dismissed its early years, like a bad dream or an unhappy childhood. But nostalgia is in vogue these days: recycling golden oldies can mean money in the bank. As the centerpiece of a "Classic Weekend" that also includes anniversary tributes to All in the Family and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, a R-r-really Big Shew | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Sullivan liked to promise his audiences "a r-r-really big shew," and far more often than not he delivered. "Ed Sullivan was America's taste," observes Rivers, which is probably as good an explanation as any for the program's long-running success. A Manhattan-born sportswriter turned show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, a R-r-really Big Shew | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

As the Golden State turns brown, residents wonder how long the drought will last. No one can tell them. Some meteorologists ask whether the state is undergoing a permanent climatic change, but most point out that multiyear droughts have occurred often over the centuries. The 1928-34 drought lasted even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Rain, No Gain | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Nature has a way of confounding even experts' predictions. After all, Prince William Sound recovered from the Exxon Valdez disaster more quickly than expected. But no one has ever seen a spill of this size, and no one can say that "eco-terrorism" in the gulf is over. The Iraqis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dead Sea in the Making | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

Saddam's keen desire to lure allied forces into ground combat, the sooner the better, is obvious to General Norman Schwarzkopf and his colleagues. As the allied commander pointed out last week, his air campaign is now blasting the supply lines to Kuwait, especially bridges over the Tigris and Euphrates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategy: Saddam's Deadly Trap | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

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