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...Wesley Mclntyre, 56, of Gulfport. His truck first hit the Summit Venture and then bounced into the water. Recalled Mclntyre of his miraculous escape: "The bridge was swaying. I could see the ship, and the end of the bridge was breaking off. I couldn't stop. I just slid, and then I hit the ship and dropped into the water. The next thing I remember I was in the water, and I managed to get the door open. I started swimming to the surface, and I finally made it." Crew members of the ship heard his cries for help...
...Moscow Olympic boycott could not have come at a more inopportune time for NBC. The network has been deep in the ratings cellar for the past five years, and pretax profits have slid from $152.6 million in 1977 to $106 million last year. Silverman, "the man with the golden gut," has been able to raise NBC'S ratings only marginally during his two-year tenure. When he was programming chief at ABC, he promoted his prime-time shows heavily during the 1976 Olympics, and the network grabbed the ratings lead in January 1977. ABC's profits before taxes...
Sears' search for a new direction is overdue. The firm's earnings last year slid by a hefty 12.1%. Standard & Poor's has downgraded Sears corporate bonds from AAA to AA. Says Chicago Retailing Analyst John Landschulz of Mesirow & Co.: "Sears has been resting on its laurels for a decade. They need a complete merchandising overhaul...
First baseman Mayock fielded the bunt, and flipped to Chuck Mitchell in an attempt to retire Skaff, but Mitchell didn't get to the base on time and the rightfielder slid under his swooping tag to beat...
Miller's goal in all this is to educate the layman. Why should the law be mysterious? he asks. An expert in privacy law and court procedure and one of Harvard Law's most popular and entertaining lecturers, Miller slid into television after a friend, Nieman Foundation Curator James Thomson, suggested that WCVB use the professor as a guest host on Sunday Open House, one of the station's many public affairs offerings. Those appearances led to his own show. Miller's Court made its debut last fall. At first the audience was minuscule, but soon...