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Word: slots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought the Turks were right to want one of their own people in the job." In February, Walker received an "eyes only" message from an old friend, Army Chief of Staff General Bernard W. Rogers. The communication assured him that Rogers was working to line up another "four-star slot" for him and implied that there would be no problem in finding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Case of the Fallen Star | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Sporting four freshmen on the varsity, the Crimson women-in-white will field a much stronger squad than last year's 5-5 team. In a challenge match held yesterday, newcomer Betsy Richmond snatched the number-one slot from sophomore Martha Roberts. Roberts dropped to the second spot, moving returnee Meg Meyer to number three...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Women's Tennis Team Faces Opener | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

...business. Still, while she will have a seat on the board of RCA, NBC's corporate parent, she will report to Silverman, the programming magician whom NBC hired away from ABC earlier this year to try to pull the network out of its last-place ratings slot. Silverman will run the network; Pfeiffer will use her extensive Government contacts on behalf of NBC and will be its spokesman in Washington at a crucial time-hearings begin next year on a sweeping proposal for deregulation of the communications industry that would, among other things, provide for indefinite terms for radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: NBC's First Lady | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...never has been anything [on TV] that says, 'We're taking stories that are of interest to your age group and giving them a journalism job.' " CBS is not helping that job much by burying 30 Minutes in the suicidal 1:30 p.m. (E.D.T.) Saturday time slot opposite the N.C.A.A. game of the week. But then, growing up never was supposed to be easy, for children or networks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Kid Vid News | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...into gambling. Shares of Ramada Inns, which is merely rumored to be interested in diversifying into gaming, have risen 267% this year. Reflecting the market's irrationality as well as its volatility, Wurlitzer, the jukebox producer, climbed several points after announcing that it was not expanding into slot machines. Though worried by the jumpiness of the stocks, the New York and American exchanges had been reluctant to do anything that might spoil the action that is profitably increasing volume and enticing people into the market. But the speculation turned even wilder last month after a bullish report by Merrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Big Casino on Wall Street | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

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