Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corporations must make in the decade ahead. As the title suggests, prosperity requires much more than the recrudescence of an affluent industrial elite, but a rebirth of a political spirit of cooperation and determination. Muller's scope extends beyond domestic boundaries to the problems of the Third World--a topic conspicuously absent in the discussions of most corporate zealots. He places American stagnation in the context of a world-wide downturn afflicting both Western nations as well as those trying to industrialize for the first time...
...proceeded to the Situation Room in the basement. They were about to make their nightly call to Ronald Reagan at his Pacific Palisades home and now they felt it necessary to use the most tap-proof telephones in the nation to discuss the most top-secret political topic in town: Who would be members of his new Cabinet...
...major topic last week when the 18-member board of the Association of National Advertisers, which represents 450 companies, met in Manhattan. Some executives at the session, which included representatives from such major advertisers as General Mills, Procter & Gamble and Nabisco, said they had been receiving scattered criticism from religious groups. The executives also admitted that their companies were having trouble finding shows that met their own standards. Still, the association decided not to try to influence the programming of producers or networks. Says Tony Lunt, the association's spokesman: "It's a First Amendment consideration...
College has passed away for these people. There are no "Boats" and "Astro 8" and "gee, I'd better thing up a topic for that eight-page paper due tomorrow." Sleeping through classes no longer seems cool. These students are in class from 8:30 until 5:30, and if this isn't the Real World, it comes a hell of a lot closer than college...
...Brady lost 15 Ibs. after he joined the CBS show in 1977. Says Morton Dean, who has been sitting in for vacationing anchormen for years: "There's a whole subculture you plug into when you're working those hours, and the primary topic of conversation is sleep." Kuralt, who was away from his wife for two weeks at a time when he was traveling on the road, is worried nevertheless about his new schedule. "I'm going to try to force myself to turn in each night...