Word: fill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem. Fonda apparently sees the film as political, but recognizes that it must be entertaining as well. Douglas is concerned that with Fonda and Lemmon as stars, if the film gains a reputation as a tirade against nuclear power, few of the upstanding middle Americans he wants to fill those 800 theaters will go to see it. So for now, at least, Douglas emphasizes in interviews that "the film is a thriller. It has to work first as entertainment," and tries to downplay the clear political message of the film's nuclear power sequences. And Fonda and Lemmon, also hoping...
Adams was then assistant conductor to Elliott Forbes, who conducted the group throughout the 1960s. When Forbes stepped down, Adams shifted the group's emphasis to Renaissance music. In 1971, when some people began to fear that the Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society would be merged to fill the need for a mixed musical singing group in the University, Adams founded the Harvard-Radcliffe College Collegium Musicum, which he conducted until he left...
...other pernicious institutions, the sweeps still perform a function. Using two relatively small samples, Nielsen keeps regular tabs on how well the networks are doing. Some 1,200 families have the famous Nielsen meters attached to their sets to show which channel is being watched; 2,300 other families fill in diaries that tell not only what program is on but also who in the family is watching it. The results are available weekly, and many newspapers now ritually report the top ten shows...
...what end? Nature abhors a moral vacuum, and no sophistication of Style can fill...
...created programs were "marked by the intellectual prudence, the social cautions, and the feigned creative vitality that were hallmarks of commercial television in America." Successful program workshops--such as the Children's Television Workshop, responsible for both "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company"--have supplied high-quality programs which fill a vital educational role. Disbursing funds through a central bureau might reduce support for such groups. It would no doubt, foster competition among local and national sources. What the commission labels a "useful, healthy tension" threatens to degenerate into the same type of conflicts that once plauged both...