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Bakker's lecture was followed by a brief call-in question-and-answer period and a screening of "The Great Dinosaur Hunt," a special in "The Infinite Voyage" television series. The lecture and film were beamed live to colleges campuses across the country and also will be aired January...

Author: By Alison D. Morantz, | Title: Expert Says Dinosaurs Deserve Better Image | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

...participate in automated polls, typically sponsored by TV shows, for 50 cents for the first minute. Initially AT&T pocketed all the toll charges, but in 1985 the company began sharing the proceeds with smaller companies that operated the information services. The arrangement sparked a proliferation of long-distance call-in lines, from which AT&T generated about $100 million in revenues last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Ever Said Talk Was Cheap? | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...simply assembled his own custom-made grid of stations. The Dukakis team bought time on local cable channels, rented a broadcast-size dish antenna and made arrangements to use a communications satellite orbiting 22,300 miles over the equator. The patchwork network enabled the candidate to conduct a live call-in show in which his image was beamed up to the satellite from a tiny studio in Des Moines, bounced back down to antennas at selected cable outlets, and distributed through coaxial TV cables to the homes of voters. As Dukakis talked about concerns ranging from health insurance to Social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Beaming At The Voters | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...thumbing through them to read words of encouragement as congressman questioned her husband's actions. North waved the signs of support at reporters during post-hearing press-conferences. His only words to the press were his appreciation that so many of his fellow Americans had taken the trouble to call-in the messages which read, "Go Ollie. Stop...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: About Those Telegrams | 7/21/1987 | See Source »

...last Thursday evening Mario Cuomo resolved his inner debate and quietly announced a stunning decision. As he was settling in at the cramped studio of a New York City radio station for a state-wide call-in show, the moderator told Cuomo he wanted to ask him whether he was going to run. "Go ahead," said Cuomo. "I may surprise you. Ask at the end of the program." With four minutes left, the moderator did so. Cuomo put on a pair of glasses, took a typewritten statement out of his pocket and began to read. "In my opinion," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting The Cup Pass | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

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