Word: warners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foregoing quotation is a complete paragraph in the report (copyrighted by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and the interviewer) of a thoroughly friendly interview of candidate Reagan by freelance journalist Angela Fox Dixon, whose mother was Reagan's drama coach at the Warner Brothers studio. (The report was reprinted in The Washington Post on page E5 on July...
...important intangible factor seems to be Reagan's forceful style and his image as a reassuring figure of authority. For some, that means his use of American might in the most literal sense. "In Grenada he showed he will stand up to the Soviets," says Stephen Warner, 21, a senior at California's Pitzer College. "We don't have a wishy-washy human rights foreign policy. We say what we're going to do and do it." For many others, Reagan's amiable personality is the appeal. Says Melvin Lowe, 23, a Mondale supporter...
...move came soon after its owners, American Express and Warner Communications, made an initial public offering of 5.1 million shares of MTV stock. The video purveyor now hopes to make many of its new investors loyal viewers as well...
...stock in hard rock, but they may soon find MTV, the rock-video cable channel, a promising investment. Considered a risky venture when it made its debut in 1981, MTV has already attracted an audience of 21.8 million households. In August the channel's owners, American Express and Warner Communications, are expected to offer the first public shares in a new company called MTV Networks, which comprises the rock network and a children's cable channel, Nickelodeon. The corporate owners plan to sell 5.1 million shares priced at $16 to $18 each...
There would be no question of just skipping to the highlights: since 1978, when Warner Bros. Records released his first album when he was 17, for Prince it has been highlights all the way. For You was not the hottest seller in the stores, but the fact that Prince had written, produced and played all the instruments on his first effort got the press making comparisons to Stevie Wonder. There were four more albums and a wonderful grab bag of singles like When You Were Mine and Little Red Corvette. Now there is Purple Rain, a No. 1 sound-track...