Word: veterans
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...least initially, the fact that New Hampshire is right next door vaults Dukakis ahead of other Democratic dark horses. Recent polls there show Dukakis running a strong second to Front Runner Gary Hart. But much of Dukakis' early support is linked to high name recognition, and Joseph Grandmaison, a veteran New Hampshire party organizer, says voters there may view Dukakis more as an admired neighbor than as a would-be President. Even if Dukakis does well in the Granite State, he will be dismissed as a regional favorite son unless he then holds his own in the Southern primaries...
...just seeing a change in the industry." The customer who cannot buy a soft-core magazine like Playboy at the local 7-Eleven can go next door and rent Oriental Lesbian Fantasies for the same price or less. And he may never go back to Playboy. Says veteran Pornographer Al Goldstein: "There's no way a magazine can compete with a tape when it comes to fantasy...
MUCH OF the burden for keeping the comedy light falls on the shoulders of Conti, the reluctant miracle worker who doesn't believe in miracles. Fortunately Conti, a veteran of many a similar off-the-wall role, proves up to the task. His wry facial expressions, his bedraggled stray-dog appearance and his dry, brittle voice seem appropriate for the exasperated yet ever-jocular...
...million from the news operation's annual budget of nearly $300 million. Among the casualties: three bureaus (Warsaw, Bangkok and Seattle), 14 on-air correspondents (including Law Specialist Fred Graham and Economics Contributor Jane Bryant Quinn) and scores of other employees, ranging from low-paid support staff to veteran producers...
...hard to argue that the quality and amount of coverage have proportionately increased. With limited broadcast time available, many CBS correspondents are underutilized. Some staffers noted wryly that Pappas got more airtime after being fired than before. "Who is really going to miss the Seattle bureau?" asks a veteran CBS correspondent. Stories in that area will now be handled by the Los Angeles bureau. Other bureaus will similarly pick up the slack elsewhere. "What we've done," says Stringer, "is redesign CBS News to move it into the 1990s, to make it more efficient...