Rogers weve had 29yearolds making 1 million a year, expecting to make 2 million the year after that. Diana ferry but if youve got plastic money, theres Nothing Holding you back. History will prove the bakkers were honest people. Reporter Insider Trading could become wall streets watergate. Pauley what do we call greed the day before an indictment . Im afraid recently, weve called it success. Robinson the u. S. Economy, which used to be the envy of the world, is in the most serious trouble since the Great Depression. Inflation is rising while our standard of living is declining. Thomas there was tremendous inflation and not much growth. The country was not in a Great Depression in 1980, but the United States was in the dumps. Dobyns on wall street, it was cold, gray, wet, and miserable. There was no comfort to be found outside. And for investors, there was not much inside, either. The tickers carried almost nothing but bad news. Mclean wed come off a terrible decade for investing. Peopl
turmoil. the 60s are over, dad. michael in the foul line, a shot, good. we intend to cover all the news come all the time. we won t be signing off until we are all dead. isn t that special? any tool for expression will ring outpost both the best and worst of us and television has been there. they don t pay me enough to deal with animals like this. people are no longer embarrassed. we have seen the news, and it is us. clark: slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. slowly but surely, the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us, and what a decade it is coming up. happy new year. as you begin the 80s, in the television world, the landscape on any given evening, nine out of 10 people were watching one of three networks. more than 30 million people are addicted to it. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? television primetime prairie potboiler, dallas. a move like t
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