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...interesting out of these hoary maxims. Not Lewis H. Lapham, the editor of Harper's magazine and a regular contributor to it as well, whose Money and Class in America amusingly roams over the glitzy terrain of contemporary consumerism. Lapham of course rephrases old adages. Radix malorum est cupiditas becomes "It isn't the money itself that causes the trouble, but rather the use of money as votive ritual and pagan ornament." Wealth's inability to provide lasting cheer is limned anew: "Believing that they can buy the future and make time stand still, the faithful fall victim...
FOOTNOTE: *Times are EST. Weather may change outdoor schedules. Unless otherwise noted, events are broadcast live. Half an hour of recaps and features is set for 11:30 nightly except opening and closing days...
...about 11 a.m. local time yesterday--or 3 a.m. EST--Flynn said the Soviets broadcast the following warning to the U.S. ships: "Soviet ships have orders to prevent violation of territorial waters. I am authorized to strike your ship with one of ours...
Penalty killer. Qu'est-ce-que ce'est...
Perhaps so. 48 Hours, which will air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST, could be the most innovative prime-time news series since 60 Minutes debuted in 1968. The show will focus on a single subject each week, with all shooting done in a two-day period and much of it presented in raw chunks with minimum narration. For an upcoming hour on the city of Miami, for example, CBS cameras follow, among others, a Latin real estate agent tooling around town in his limousine and drug agents fruitlessly combing a suspected smuggler's boat. "The aim," says Executive Producer Andrew...