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...flourished in the '50s and '60s as a staid journal of politics and literature under longtime Editor Norman Cousins. In 1971 it was sold to entrepreneurs Nicolas Charney and John Veronis, who turned the magazine into four separate monthlies on arts, education, science and society. The new format was confusing to readers and financially ruinous. Saturday Review went bankrupt in 1973, and Cousins came to the rescue. He ran it for the next four years and converted it to a fortnightly. Under Tucker, the magazine added more reportage and brighter graphics. But it continued losing between...
...showing of "Death of a Princess," an episode in the Public Broadcast System's Peabody-Award-winning "World" series. While it does not dispute the truth of the story about the princess, the Saudi royal family charges that the program conveys a false picture of Saudi culture. The fictionalized format of "docudramas" may be questionable, but the merits or accuracy of a particular program must never be decided by our government--or by the corporate patrons of public television...
...think it's a unique format, at least at Harvard, for lower-level courses--it requires a relatively steady level of effort throughout the year rather than a concentrated effort in the last three weeks," Layzer said...
Jazz Lives, by Michael Ullman '67, documents the survival techniques of 23 very different individuals who have chosen to inhabit this world which offers neither the money that rock performers earn nor the status that classical musicians enjoy. The format is a familiar one--as series of profiles and interviews. What sets Ullman's book apart from dozens of other jazz books is his perceptive choice of subjects. Sam Rivers, Doc Cheatham, and Ran Blake have been professional musicians for decades, but as far as most people are concerned, they may as well have performed in secret. Most...
There's a reason why Lynn Swann is so deft when he dodges downfield as a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Swann's way was honed in dance studios, where he spent 14 years learning moves. He displays his skill on Omnibus, the 1950s magazine-format show that ABC is reviving this spring. In one segment, with Hoofer Gene Kelly beating time, Swann joins Choreographer Twyla Tharp and Ballet Star Peter Martins in a Tharp dance about a wide receiver. Said Swann after his off-the-field patterns: "My thighs hurt...