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...most awkwardly protracted job opening of 1989. On the last day of November, after two years of trying unsuccessfully to boost the network's sagging ratings, CBS Entertainment president Kim LeMasters resigned. His departure was not unexpected, but CBS's delay in naming a successor was. For a time the network dickered with Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner, producers of The Cosby Show and Roseanne, but negotiations fell through. Finally, late last week, the network completed a deal with Jeff Sagansky, 37, a former NBC program executive who heads Tri-Star Pictures, which produced this fall's hit movie Look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Days Of Distress at CBS | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...Jenny was playing very well," junior Tri-Captain Clark said. "She played level-headedly and decisively throughout the match...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Holleran Wins Princeton Tourney | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...women squash players in the country, determined by last year's results and recruiting, were invited to compete in the match, in which Harvard senior Tri-Captain Jenny Holleran came in first place...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Holleran Wins Princeton Tourney | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...five straight Crimson victories sealed the match. While top seed Tri-Captain Jenny Holleran, number-three Stephanie Clark and number-five Brooke Bailey easily won in straight games, the match overall was a disappointing one for Harvard, who as a perennial contender for the national championship, would be expected to dispose easily of an inferior squad like Trinity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two for the Road: Squash Teams Sweep | 12/7/1989 | See Source »

Yesterday proved to be different, with the Crimson dominating the tri-meet. Findley, Costello, Kelly and Romas barely missed qualifying for nationals in winning the 400 medley relay. Duncan dominated the distance events, winning the 500- and 1000-meter freestyles...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard Goes South: Aquawomen Shine | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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