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...have one of the biggest-grossing albums in history (partly because the Saturday Night Fever sound track is two records and costs twice as much as a single-unit album . . . but let the accountants quibble). Night Fever is the No. 1 single, and Stayin' Alive, which occupied that slot for four weeks, is now nestled comfortably under it in the No. 2 position...
...countering 60 Minutes and 20/20 by carving out a weeknight time slot this fall for its 3½-year-old monthly magazine now called Weekend, an eclectic mix of investigative and lighthearted reports. Executive Producer Reuven Frank is casting for someone to share the increased work load with Writer-Reporter Lloyd Dobyns but otherwise plans no major changes. Says Frank: "Carbon copies don't work." One Weekend feature that will have to change when the show goes midweekly is the name. Says an executive who has survived a wave of demoralizing layoffs at NBC: "Knowing the way our company...
...forget Bob Hooft (many feel McLaughlin often did), who led Harvard in Ivy scoring (14.4 avg.) enroute to nailing down the runner-up slot behind Banks in total scoring (12.6 avg.) and rebounding (5.1) for the second straight season. Despite rarely starting, the junior swingman wowed enough Ivy coaches with his roller-coast rides down the lane to earn All-Ivy honorable mention...
Boston College, the winner of the ECAC title, has an automatic berth in the NCAA playoff. In past years, the ECAC runner-up has filled the other slot...
...traditional academic couple?the husband teaching, the wife at home?would get only one salary anyway." Another advantage of job sharing is the flexibility it affords. One Stanford team, Anthropologists Renato and Michelle Rosaldo, changed from full-time and part-time posts, respectively, to three-fourths of a slot each. The reward: an extra day off per week in which they could relax with their 16-month-old son Sam, indulge their love of opera and restore their sprawling old house...