Word: eye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Peep have "thousands of rules," reports Groll, but "they never force anyone to do anything." During one three-month phase, members constantly wore hoods over their heads and peered out through mirrored eye slits. The usual uniform is a brightly colored windbreaker over a jumpsuit. Gloves are worn at all times. Members can say yes, no or "I don't know" but otherwise communicate only by written messages. They study the Bible, forswear sex, drugs and alcohol. They are, however, permitted to watch TV newscasts and read newspapers to emphasize the differences between the values of the camp...
...managers went to Congress to beg, plead and cajole for money to rectify the problem. But their entreaties fell on deaf ears. Congress just isn't very sympathetic to the IRS's real and imagined plaints. But both sides saw eye to eye on one thing: the extent and nature of the swindles had to be secret. No one wanted to give Americans a primer on how to cheat on their taxes...
...EYE OF NEWT, MOUTH OF CROW...
...next to him, shake his hand and get a Polaroid memento of the occasion. Comedy Central enlivened the floor at the cable-TV industry's national convention two weeks ago with an array of carnival games, like Skee Ball. CBS, pushing its new cable channel, Eye on People, took a more subdued approach, with a booth featuring plush blue carpeting, comfortable seating and lots of space. The only thing that seemed to be in short supply was people...
...trouble was, by the time CBS was ready to get into the game, all the good concepts had been taken. For Eye on People, the network has gathered up some top talent at CBS News, and a lot of videotape that's been lying around for years, to assemble a potpourri of informational programming about (you guessed it) people. Charles Kuralt is the host for I Remember, in which reporters talk about their reaction to major news events, like the Oklahoma City bombing. Paula Zahn anchors Fast Forward, which takes a look at people who used...