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...program development, who distributed to Capital Cities/ABC executives an unpublished magazine article he wrote. Titled "Days of Penury, Days of Affluence," Westin's 18- page memo argued that ABC's producers were more efficient 18 years ago, when he produced the network's nightly news show and funds were scarcer, than they are today. Arledge, who interpreted the memo as a bid for his job, has temporarily relieved Westin of his duties, which include producing the newsmagazine show 20/20...
Today the prospect of even steeper declines in enrollment further reduces the need for new permanent professorships. Tightened university budgets and lowered federal spending make salary money scarcer, and recessions in some states have brought budget cuts at public universities (Utah, for example, will eliminate 95 faculty positions over the next three years). The result: with entrenched senior professors guarding the gateway to tenure, many junior professors are facing dim prospects and shaky job security. Meanwhile, many colleges are calling into question the concept of tenure itself...
...allowed to. Too many pressure groups from right to left enjoy the Government-granted chance to have their say. In vain do broadcasters protest that with the spread of cable television, there are plenty of TV channels available, and that nearly 10,000 radio stations exist. What has become scarcer is the independent newspaper, of which there is usually only one to a community. When it comes to fairness, broadcasters have a point...
...manufacturers praised the proposal, but the Footwear Retailers of America said that by making supply scarcer, the quotas would raise the price of imported shoes by 19% and domestic footwear by 11%. "It would be a disaster for the public," said FRA President Peter Mangione. The White House has until late August to accept, modify or reject the plan. Though Reagan opposes protectionism, the political pressure to help the shoemakers will be strong. In response to past ITC recommendations, the President has restricted motorcycle and steel imports...
TIME's food critic Mimi Sheraton secured a bottle of new-vintage Coca-Cola, currently scarcer than a 1934 Mouton-Rothschild, and tasted it against old- style Coke and Pepsi-Cola. Her report...