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...Program Chief Lawrence White. As a result, notes Fred Silverman, CBS'S vice president of programming, there is a "public thirst for comedy" and for positive, nonviolent drama. Both executives agree with the president of ABC entertainment, Martin Starger, that "there's going to be a drift away from the law and order shows." If so, the drift will be so gradual as to be barely noticeable this year. Among the midseason replacements being readied for January are at least two more cop shows...
MCGUANE HAS little compassion for those who don't articulate their thoughts and so drift helplessly in emotional weakness. His lack of respect is reflected in the degree to which these characters remain caricature. But antecedents of Skelton's philosophical calculations are seen in his grandfather Goldsboro, head of the Key West mob and financier of the skiff...
...third largest city−has been besieged by Khmer insurgents. During the initial onslaught, government forces were split in two and Communist-backed troops invested more than half of the T-shaped Mekong River town. Late last week the tide of battle turned. The besiegers began to drift away, and the Phnom-Penh government claimed a significant victory. TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand rode a Cambodian helicopter into Kompong Cham, left the scene two days later with a convoy of wounded for the 75-mile voyage downriver to Phnom-Penh. His report...
...Arabs, according to Barakat, share a certain basic vocabulary of body language. They stand close together and frequently touch each other in a conversation, and they look each other in the eye constantly, instead of letting their gaze drift to the side as Americans do. Gesturing is done with the right hand, not the "unclean" left...
...sinks and the livestock barns take on deeper shadows, the crowds drift toward the midway-the merry-go-round, the octopus, the roller coaster and dozens of unnamed rides that promise squeals of terror. Bottle-and coin-toss games offer stuffed animals, drinking glasses and table lamps as prizes. Off to the side, barkers bellow the fascinations of a 500 look at the three-legged man, the two-headed baby and the incredible snake girl. And the burlesque show: "Come on in closer, folks. We're going to offer you some entertainment, spice-wise. Yessir, we have nudity...