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Word: turneritis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thing, it does little good to tell panhandlers to go get jobs that do not exist or for which they are not suited, or urge them to use services that are either inadequate or actively feared. Moreover, walking away from a beggar can be a risky proposition; the back turner must worry not only about what will happen to the panhandler but also about whether his own conscience will become calloused. Every time someone walks away from an importuning hand, he risks becoming a little harder, a little tougher, a little less like the person he should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Begging: To Give or Not to Give | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...military analysts point out that contingency plans are constantly subject to updating, and can be modified when compromised. In any case, many professionals doubt that NATO has enduring secrets. Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner said last week, "It's impossible to keep secrets when they're shared with 15 nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clerk Who Knew Too Much | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...well-to-do baseball buffs are eager to buy up clubs with names like the Memphis Chicks, Montana's Butte Copper Kings and the Toledo Mud Hens. These new barons of the bush leagues may not have gained the visibility of a George Steinbrenner or a Ted Turner, but they are having plenty of fun and making good money to boot. With minor-league attendance at 20 million last year, up 25% since 1981, owning a team has become not only a fulfillment of a boyhood fantasy but a grand-slam investment as well. Franchises that sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonanza In The Bushes | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

...networks this year had to face another fact of TV life that is becoming increasingly apparent: they are no longer the only game in town. The gavel-to- gavel duties have largely been taken over by Ted Turner's Cable News Network and C-SPAN, the cable public-affairs channel. Operating on its home turf, CNN had a force of some 300 at the convention, up from 275 in '84, and proved to be a fully muscled competitor to the Big Three. Meanwhile, the convention floor was teeming with local-station crews searching for the hometown angle and conveying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Do Conventions Turn Off the Public? | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

BEST LINE BY A COMEDIAN. Mark Russell on Lloyd Bentsen: Ted Turner would like to colorize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats: The Best and Brightest, the Worst and Dimmest | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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