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Small wonder. The changes turned out to be more extensive than anyone could have guessed: CBS not only moved most of its top broadcasting executives, it also realigned its corporate structure. In doing so, it copied stitch for stitch the winning pattern of ABC, which separates responsibility for programming, sports and business operations among three men, rather than consolidating it in the hands of one man, as CBS had done in the past. Overseeing everyone will be Gene Jankowski, 43, the new president of the Broadcast Group and a protégé of CBS President John Backe. Robert Wuscome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Fresh Crews over Sixth Avenue | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

...betting and loan-shark rackets in Pennsylvania Station, which net at least $500,000 a year. Other mobsters, including some nominally under Dellacroce, sold Galante a number of Manhattan sweatshops in which black and Hispanic women, many working at less than $3 an hour (the union scale is $4.81), stitch garments that are sold in legitimate clothing stores across the country. Authorities

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

...started grabbing for any kind of fluid I could get. Unfortunately, I ended up with orange juice. One sip and wham! Within a few seconds I had severe stomach cramps, a tremendous stitch from out of nowhere. I haven't had a cramp like that in years...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: The 27th Mile | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...eyed, I looked for means of escape. I clawed at the door like the dog I was and suddenly found myself chained with nary a stitch but my Mr. Slim plaid boxers to keep her from discovering my religion. A wild fire crossed her face, singeing her moustache. Faint moisture glistened on her quivering upper lip and she swung toward...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Candy is randy but pasta is fasta | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

Jonas I. Honick '77, a varsity basketball player, had two front teeth knocked out, and Pierre A. Pacquette '77, who plays junior varsity hockey, received a five-stitch gash on his forehead...

Author: By Michael A. Calabrese, | Title: Street Hockey Violence Under Attack | 5/5/1976 | See Source »

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