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Television productions of novels disturb O'Connor. "In all cases, they've made violent scenes more violent, and sex scenes more filled with sex," he said...

Author: By Donald Berk, | Title: Critic Blasts TV Executives' Programming | 10/29/1976 | See Source »

Armistead added that Harvard does not want a "great big concert to draw a lot of people and disturb the general neighborhood...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Students Will Gain Access To One-Time Fly Club Lot | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...feeling no need to carry every seconding speech or prayer. They might announce "gavel to gavel" coverage, but they felt free to ram in all those commercials or just to chat on-camera. Television, once the pushy guest in the hall, has taken over. Such a development used to disturb political scientists, who remember how influential was television's 1968 crosscutting between demonstrators outside and an apoplectic Mayor Daley inside. This time television was guilty of only minor attempts at hype (TV reporter to a Carter man: "How can you now ignore Barbara Jordan for Vice President?"). There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWSWATCH: The Pushy Guest in the Hall Takes Over | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...cooking, riding and bird watching. It is a long commute but, says Rippon, "I've worked all my life in a male-dominated society, and I couldn't pass up an opportunity like this." Nor does word about the salaries they are paying in the former colonies disturb her. Says she: "I'm delighted for Barbara Walters. But things are on a different scale here. We're not in the personality industry. We are journalists, not performers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Britain's Barbara | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

Mary Stuart is a static, talky play, and Chapman has done little to disturb its stateliness. Keeping the pace slow, he instead relies on the dramatic excitement generated by his two leads to give the play momentum. It's a strategy that works well when the queens are soliloquizing or confronting each other, but inevitably breaks down when the men take over...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Mary and Elizabeth: More Stately Monarchs | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

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