Word: fares
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Enter Pax TV, which wants to fill a niche as the network that parents can feel comfortable about watching with their kids. Its schedule is filled with reruns of such wholesome network shows as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Touched by an Angel; and Diagnosis Murder, along with original fare such as Woman's Day, a talk show with Phyllis George as co-host; Reel to Reel, a movie-trivia game show; and It's a Miracle, featuring true-life inspirational stories. "We want to be a safe haven for viewing: free of violence, free of overt sex and free...
...also 78 of the 95 stations that will be carrying it, enabling him to make money at both ends of the pipeline. Another is the cost efficiencies made possible by programming and promoting a uniform schedule on all its stations, which will run only a tiny amount of local fare. "We operate our stations way more efficiently than any other broadcaster," says Sagansky, "and the reason is that every station is exactly the same as the next one." A Pax station can be run by 18 employees, vs. 100 or so for a large network affiliate...
Then too, there are creature comforts aboard the shuttle that the Mercury pilots didn't dare dream about. Glenn's only meal on his first, brief mission in space was a tube of applesauce he sucked through a straw. The shuttle offers a decidedly better bill of fare, including such delicacies as smoked turkey, Kona coffee and dried apricots. All the meals are sealed in plastic packets, each of which is coded with a colored dot to indicate which crew member it is intended for. The color code for Brown, the commander, is red; for Glenn, a payload specialist...
...black and white, tramping back and forth to that small, stuffy windowless room in that federal courthouse, the one with all the cameras outside. Filing in two or three days a week, every week, for almost a year. For a measly $50 a day, plus $3 a day bus fare...
Infant massage? It sounds more like a New Age ritual than an internationally recognized alternative therapy. But studies at the Touch Research Institute have found that preemies massaged three times a day for as few as five days consistently fare better than equally frail babies who don't get massages. Full-term infants and older babies also benefit from them. The International Association of Infant Massage, which held its annual conference last month in Orlando, Fla., estimates that 10,000 parents took infant-massage training last year. New converts say it helps their babies sleep better, relieves colic and helps...