Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Network censors, like almost everyone else, are a little less upright in the wee hours; thus Tomorrow plans to focus on controversial subjects and straight, even abrasive talk. "The Tonight audience wants to be entertained," claims Tomorrow's Producer Rudy Tellez. "But at 1 a.m. you have a different kind of audience, one that wants to be informed, that wants to know what's happening." Perhaps. Maybe some people simply want to get to sleep...
...concentrations claim it is, because they are serving people whose focus coincides with the major's, and they are therefore providing services that other people would not want or need. But despite the rigorous screening processes, far too many people seek out the honors concentrations not because of special interest but because they offer the educational atmosphere of closeness and personal attention so markedly absent almost everywhere else...
...Phase II of the Watergate hearings-the sessions devoted to campaign dirty tricks-ended last week, the Senate committee's focus of attention had already shifted to the next phase, scheduled to begin Oct. 30. The committee is then planning to look into campaign-financing practices; and its investigators have begun probing an especially intriguing bit of financing -a contribution of $100,000 to Nixon by Billionaire Howard Hughes. The gift, allegedly meant to be used for campaigning, was received and held for more than three years by Charles G. ("Bebe";) Rebozo, Nixon's favorite weekend companion...
...much more versatile guidance system than the U.S. Hawk-the American missile closest to it. Unlike anything U.S. pilots encountered in Viet Nam, the SA-6 can hit a plane flying anywhere from just above ground level to seven miles up. The SA-6 uses its radar to focus on the incoming plane, and at the right moment launches its rocket and directs it against the plane until impact-all within a few seconds...
...take charge of energy policy and stop the waffling that so long delayed the mandatory allocation program. Last week Love was talking as if he intended to become that man; from now on, he said, "it's my intention that this office will be providing the focus and leadership in energy policy." But the issue is so complex that Love readily concedes that the ultimate big decisions will have to be made by the President himself...