Word: duals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ambitious leader of Kohl's Bavarian-based sister party. In a "harmonious" 90-minute meeting at the Christian Democratic headquarters in Bonn, Strauss appeared to expect that the Free Democrats would be shunted aside in the coalition hierarchy and that he, and not Genscher, would be granted the dual posts of Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor in the new government. Kohl's response: Nein...
...Intercollegiate tournament, the six-man team championship. But just like the Nationals and the dual matches against Yale and Princeton, it was all Harvard...
...should be taken from the winning firm and others to produce the final weapon. The Pentagon argues that gearing up more than one production line would be expensive and inefficient. But with most armaments, even fighter planes and tanks, awarding construction contracts to at least two companies (known as dual sourcing) could save money...
...unauthorized American production of their latest operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and Sullivan arranged for virtually simultaneous opening nights in England and America. Now, 104 years later, Producer Joseph Papp's $12 million movie version of Pirates, based on his updated Broadway production, has received another dual premiere: on television and in theaters. On Feb. 18, Universal Pictures simultaneously showed the movie on 17 pay-per-view subscription and cable systems and opened it at 91 moviehouses around the country. It was the first time that a premiering film had also been released on television. The result...
Although there are no plans to show Pirates again on pay television, the dual-release technique will undoubtedly be tried again. Just as Gilbert and Sullivan's pirates eventually become assimilated into polite society, this approach may become a custom in years to come. Les Brown, editor in chief of Channels magazine, even predicts that pay TV's customers will increasingly include the theaters themselves: "I expect to see antennas springing up on moviehouses, which will thus become videohouses as well...