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When a professor rescheduled Economics 1011a "Microeconomics" from a 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. slot to 8:30 a.m. in order to accomodate student-athletes enrolled in the class, applied math major Paul L. Suh '87 was steaming mad. "What is this--the Ivy League or the University of Miami?" he asked in reference to the concession made to football players...
Before the Diller-Eisner team left, it had already moved Paramount neck- and-neck with Warner for Hollywood's No. 1 studio slot with such hits as Flashdance, An Officer and a Gentleman and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In Diller's final year, Paramount's profits hit what was then an all-time peak of $109 million on revenues of $986.6 million. The duo left behind one monster hit, Beverly Hills Cop, which subsequently brought in $235 million. But the Paramount stable also included such nags as King David ($5.1 million) and Explorers ($9.9 million). Paramount's market share...
This season may mark Newhart's breakthrough. In a small but risky schedule change, CBS separated its successful Monday-night pair of comedies and moved Newhart to the tougher 9 p.m. slot. Standing on its own for the first time, the program has moved up to 13th place on the Nielsen list -- a particularly impressive showing considering that its competition has included some heavily watched Monday Night Football contests as well as the seventh game of the World Series...
...Crimson got off to an inauspicious start, when an errant Mark Benning pass deep in the Harvard zone found Bulldog Bob Alexander all alone in the slot. Alexander beat Crimson netminder Dickie McEvoy, and UMD was ahead just 2:06 into the contest...
...Crimson wasted no time in silencing the cheering of the fans. Even as the Alexander goal was being announced, junior Andy Janfaza took a Craig Taucher pass 30 feet out in the slot and beat Bulldog goalie John Hyduke low to the stick side, redeeming Benning's error...