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...dusty, head-in-the-past Classics Department that is firing the first salvo in the computer revolution here and at other universities, scholars...
...first salvo was a Washington Post op-ed piece condemning Republicans for abandoning the President who "brought us back from Watergate," and praising Oliver North. If he broke the law, Buchanan said, it was comparable to such illegal but noble acts as running escaped slaves up the Underground Railroad...
...radicals' salvo may even have worked to the President's advantage, lending a certain immediacy to his call for a tough declaration against terrorism. During dinner with his fellow leaders on the first night of the summit, Reagan distributed a rambling ten-page position paper that Shultz, White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan and National Security Adviser John Poindexter had hurriedly drafted during the Air Force One flight. Thatcher, much to everyone's surprise, then pulled out a two-page proposal of her own. It included a checklist of direct measures that the allies could undertake...
...Late Show Starring Joan Rivers will be more than just a pesky new competitor to Carson. It is the first salvo in a major assault on the three networks by Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who last year bought Metromedia's six TV stations and 20th Century-Fox studios. Rivers' program is the first offering from Murdoch's new Fox Broadcasting Co., which he hopes will grow into a full-fledged fourth network. Along with the Rivers show, FBC plans to introduce two nights of prime-time programming next March (one announced show: a half-hour sitcom based...
Last week, in a corporate-style engagement, Coca-Cola agreed to buy Dr Pepper (1985 profits: $60.6 million) from Forstmann Little, a New York-based investment banking firm, for $470 million. The deal is a retaliatory salvo in an ongoing soft- drink war. Only five weeks ago, PepsiCo announced that it was buying Seven-Up for $380 million. That takeover will give Pepsi about 34% of the $30 billion soft-drink market. By acquiring Dr Pepper, Coke will increase its industry-leading share...