Word: formation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that is perhaps more like the Post than any other non-Murdoch daily; it features vivid sports coverage, a populist-conservative editorial page and, emblazoned across the front page, hard-selling headlines sometimes 4 in. high. (Samples: TORTURE MODEL TEEN TO DEATH; POLS TAKE CARE OF SELVES.) The tabloid format boosted circulation by 48,000. Stephen Mindich, publisher of the weekly Boston Phoenix (circ. 140,000), is an admirer: "The Herald may hype stories, but the facts are correct, and it has credibility." Advertisers, however, have not been buying. Edward Eskandarian, president of the Boston advertising agency Humphrey Browning MacDougall...
...more carol-heavy experience is available at Memorial Church, also on Monday night (and repeated Tuesday afternoon and evenings). The University Chou a low profile mixed singing group will alternate Scriptural readings and sing along carols in a turn-of-the-century English format called "lessons and carols." On Tuesday night, the performance will come on the heels of a some what less structured holiday performance outside in the Yard featuring the mixed Harvard Radcliffe Chorus, strolling in circles and sending up Christmas carols to the freshman dorms (The Chorus formal holiday concert came this past Sunday, to beat...
...NOTEBOOK. Last night was a reunion of sorts with format Coach Bill McCurdy, last year's Captain Dave Randall and last year's Manager Sue Berton, all on hand to watch the meet. The team will see action again this Saturday at 4 p.m. when Brown invades Cambridge...
Much of King's account is meant to be publicity for his show, and he describes its format, guests, and its phenomenal rise in popularity. When it went on the air in 1978. "The Larry King Show" was broadcast on 28 stations. Today, more than 250 Mutual affiliate stations carry to show to five-and-a-half million of what King affectionately calls "King-a-holies." Calls to King have made the Virginia studio's area code the busiest in the nation during the late night shows. "In the beginning," King recalls, "there was more than one occasion when [area...
King, and Romero begin by using this format in a cleverly literal way. The film opens with a burst of dialogue breaking the stolid silence of some suburban Elm St. "I told you not to read this crap! Where did you get this shit?" an irate dad yells at his son cowering among toy monsters in the bedroom. The father snatches the latest issue of "Creepshow" from the boy's hands. The camera then focuses on the comic book as it lies in the front lawn garbage can, letting the wind-ruffled pages tell each story by segueing from animated...