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...marriage entails a kind of Faustian bargain. Any league that wants to pry big bucks from TV's big spenders must, to one degree or another, adapt to the needs of the tube. That can mean anything from inserting commercial time-outs to overhauling the season schedule. As the money keeps growing, so does TV's determination to get the most from its investment by orchestrating the show for maximum viewer appeal. The medium that once simply covered America's favorite sports has virtually taken them over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Great TV Takeover | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...will not take anything for granted--we will try to enumerate everyone. To do this we will have to adapt our methods accordingly," said Dominguez...

Author: By Jon E. Morgan, | Title: Census Coming to Cambridge | 3/20/1990 | See Source »

...response to the critics, an aide to Schuller insists that the minister also believes in the doctrine but wants to adapt biblical principles to today's audience: "The Gospel message has what every human being is looking for. The problem is that we're not marketing it." As for Robertson, a spokeswoman contends that his words have been "distorted" and "taken out of context...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Heresy on The Airwaves | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...there were not many bloody revolutions in Europe, but Europe really started to change. Now the character of history is changing. The whole world will be influenced by what is happening in Eastern Europe. The West will not have to change its system, but it will have to adapt to these changes -- maybe one of the greatest events in modern history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yugoslavia's MILOVAN DJILAS: Why Perestroika Cannot Succeed | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...answer is no, or at least not yet. Pretoria's calls for change are not a recent concession to foreign pressure. As early as 1979, long before economic sanctions were considered, President P.W. Botha told his Afrikaner volk to "adapt or die." In 1986 he described apartheid as "outdated and unacceptable." It was only later that year, to push for faster change, that the U.S. enacted its comprehensive sanctions bill. Those measures hit South Africa where it hurts: in the economy, and in the keen sense among whites that they are pariahs in the world's eyes and will remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sanctions: What Spells Success? | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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