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...some contend that hardware too often takes center stage in ILM films and that the familiar "ILM look" is too cold and technology-driven. Others claim that the spirit of innovation is waning as the company becomes bigger and more successful. "A lot of wild, rebellious enthusiasm seems to be palling a bit, for better and for worse," says Lucas. "While it's reassuring to see the company becoming more stable and professional, it's a challenge to keep things fresh and alive...
...news networks contend, with some justice, that just the opposite has happened. News and information fill many more hours of the day than when Murrow was active, and more outlets are competing for stories. Lightweight cameras and satellites have enabled television to provide immediate hookups around the world. Broadcast journalism's collective impact on the civil rights movement, Viet Nam and Watergate more than matched Murrow's exposure of the excesses of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Moreover, Murrow's work for CBS was not without flaw. His intonations and gestures were often stagy, his language orotund, his judgments pious. He squandered...
...Many contend they have generated moreenthusiasm here than anyone since Peter Sellars'80, who is now artistic director of the KennedyCenter in Washington D.C., or at least sinceWilliam P. (Bill) Rauch '84, who is Sellars'sassistant...
University officials contend that many of the buildings still not accessible to all students simply cannot be converted. According to Crooks, Harvard Hall would have to be completely gutted in order to make it practically accessible. "Even once you get in, there's stairs in every direction...
France, which gets a world-leading 65% of its energy from the atom, seems to have weathered Chernobyl without incident. The French have virtually no antinuclear movement to contend with, and most view their atomic energy plants as a source of pride rather than a problem. "French opinion overwhelmingly favors nuclear power," says Bertrand Degalassus, a spokesman for France's atomic energy commission. In Japan, which draws 26% of its electric power from atomic reactors and has virtually no natural energy sources, the future ) of nuclear use seems secure. The government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone last week stressed...