Word: copses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Davis penchant to shoot from the lip tends to obscure the fact that he heads one of the more innovative and efficient police forces in the country. Crime is rising in Los Angeles at an annual rate of 7%-only half the nationwide rate of increase. And Davis deserves...
Before it was released, Coonskin was a "controversial" movie. Representatives of CORE who saw it in preview denounced it for trafficking in vicious racial stereotypes, and this anger caused its original distributor, Paramount, to relinquish it gratefully to a smaller, less visible competitor. Once this happened, of course, the film...
Despite the plea, there was no response all day. Bronfman, restive under the strain, went back to the original J.F.K. phone booth, pacing back and forth outside it for hours. Finally, the phone rang. "Not tonight ... tomorrow ... tomorrow," said a voice. One of the conspirators had apparently been scouting the...
Not a bit of it. Family tune is a cynical compromise reached by the FCC and the networks to deflect mounting protests, in and out of Congress, about the rising tide of TV violence. Criticism peaked last fall when NBC aired at 8 p.m. a seamy story (Born Innocent) about...
That threat raises the faint hope that a few years of family time might drive some crime shows off the air. What is more likely, however, is that local stations will simply abandon the optional N.A.B. code. After all, cops and robbers are the most popular enduring fare. Now, in...