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Healy's final proposal would reinstate the existing rent-control system with major modifications. Among other changes, the modifications would shorten the processing time of rent-control law suits...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Healy Prepares Attack Against Rent Control | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

...networks have responded by launching a war against channel grazing. All four are moving to shorten opening-credit sequences, spice up the end credits with program material (such as outtakes from the show just seen) and add more "seamless transitions" -- eliminating the commercials between shows -- in an effort to keep viewers hooked. Meanwhile, time slots are more critical than ever to a show's success or failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Network Scramble | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

...mole Aldrich Ames said he betrayed U.S. agents behind the Iron Curtain for money and also because he wanted to shorten the cold war by "leveling the playing field," according to a report in the New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week July 24-30 | 8/8/1994 | See Source »

...fact that reading period is so short has made me want to kill whoever decided to shorten it," says a computer science concentrator. "Send me his name, please...

Author: By Tom HORAN Jr., | Title: Reading Period Gets Shorter | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...that causes a schedule delay of some sorts, hell, shorten that damn 162-game season. Siphon off any excess games to Philly's recreated Connie Mack Stadium (468 to center, over 400 in both of its alleys) or the Old Yankee stadium (a simply indecent 497 feet to straightaway center).Simmer for a few months, then serve. Rabbit ball THIS! [Wicked cackle heard in background...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: The Scoring Glut | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

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