Word: access
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...King sought to answer such criticisms in an 18-minute speech, de livered in English, before a joint session of Congress. "The monarchy," he vowed, "will ensure the orderly access to power of distinct political alternatives, in accordance with the freely expressed will of the people." Spain's still potent old guard and growing Communist Party may complicate that task, but Ford later told the King at a white-tie dinner: "I am confident that your leadership will prove more than equal to the tasks ahead." All told, the King impressed his listeners as a young...
When public-access TV was launched in New York City five years ago, the franchise provided that because of the larger number of channels possible on cable TV, some should be made available to any individual or community group for a nominal fee on a first-come, first-served basis. On channel J the fee is $50 an hour, and the producers are allowed to sell commercial time to help pay production costs...
...some 800 hours of programming a month, including Chinese language movies, Boy Scout activities, League of Women Voters shows, block parties and a Bulgarian hour. (Only twelve of those hours went to Midnight Blue when it was on.) New York State law specifically states that cable companies carrying public-access broadcasts shall have no say in program content and absolves them from all liability for such content, including obscenity. But the FCC regulations, while also barring content control, provide that cable companies "shall establish rules ... prohibiting the presentation of ... obscene or indecent matter." In addition, New York City, which...
...Communist nations of Eastern Europe for concessions. The East Bloc has always argued that colonial expansion was the cause of the Third World's poverty and that the Communist nations thus were under no obligation to make "reparations." Unconvinced by this argument, the LDCs demanded more aid, better access to East Bloc markets and payment in hard currencies-but won no commitments from the Communist delegates...
...Paris has turned to two foreign firms, the U.S.'s International Telephone & Telegraph and Sweden's LM Ericsson. Through a series of complex deals, Thomson-CSF, a big French electronics company (1975 sales: $2.7 billion), will acquire the French subsidiaries of ITT and Ericsson, thus gaining access to their technology and expertise. ITT and Ericsson, in turn, will receive big payments for their subsidiaries as well as large licensing and engineering fees. If Giscard's plan proceeds on schedule, the French level of service should be close to that...