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- <text id=92TT1919>
- <title>
- Aug. 31, 1992: So Long, Peacock
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Aug. 31, 1992 Woody Allen: Cries and Whispers
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 73
- So Long, Peacock
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- <p>By Ginia Bellafante
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- <p> When Arthur Kent covered the Gulf War with his steely good
- looks and missile-dodging bravado, no one seemed to mind that
- world events had necessitated the pre-emption of Cheers. Women
- swooned, fan clubs sprang up and for a while it seemed as though
- Kent's biggest problem in life would amount to fighting his
- image as the Luke Perry of combat zones. But these days the
- newsman's troubles have grown more complicated. Contractual
- disputes with NBC led Kent to refuse an assignment in Zagreb;
- the network retaliated with a suspension, and the cool Scud Stud
- shot back. Last week the well-coiffed correspondent stood
- outside NBC's Manhattan headquarters doling out an angry missive
- to colleagues. In it he claimed that NBC had wrongfully branded
- him a coward for turning down work in Croatia. "I've been
- disgraced," said the celebrity journalist, who was finally fired
- when continuing negotiations with the network broke down. NBC
- had pleaded not guilty in the war of words, arguing that it has
- never questioned Kent's courage. What the network apparently
- does question is the strident newsman's capacity for restraint.
- NBC ordered the Tonight show to cancel a booking with Kent.
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