Word: formative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tyranny of style to ostracize poor Andie and Duckie (in their junk-punk-funk handmades), at base the picture is Love Finds Andie Walsh. And when Stanton must play a Judge Hardy on the skids, the psychodrama can get awfully wet. But within this familiar format, Hughes creates edge, surprise and romance. Blane and Andie's first chat, conducted on their school computer terminals, is a lovely '80s twist on meeting cute. Blane's snooty friend Steff (James Spader) could be a tired stereotype, but with his all-year tan, his hip-blase voice and his view of high school...
This past summer, the "powers that be" voted to institute a brand new championship tournev to determine the "official" Ivy champion, discarding the old format whereby regular season double round robin competition determined the "official" champ...
...live performances, which form the core of the theater's new format, represent a return to the Music Hall's earliest days. Those who attended the opening night on Dec. 27, 1932, saw 17 acts, including Ray Bolger, Martha Graham and the Flying Wallendas. But Depression-era audiences were eager for the escapism that Hollywood films provided, and the house soon became famous for world movie premieres...
Dynamic and high-profile achievers, every one, yet none of these preachers can compare to Robertson as a TV entrepreneur. Robertson pioneered the first religious TV station, the first reli- gious network and the first Christian programming to use a talk-show format, as well as a number of now widely imitated viewer-response and fund-raising techniques. He was also the first Christian broadcaster to sign up commercial sponsors, a development that ; appears to be the trend of the 1980s. His 24-hour CBN network reaches 30 million subscribers, making it not only the largest Christian cable operation...
...style on a living-room set by Robertson and Ben Kinchlow, who is black, the program has featured interviews with such guests as Anwar Sadat, F. Lee Bailey, Mr. T and the last three U.S. Presidents, interspersed with inspirational film clips and reports in TV- magazine format. Robertson's political commentary is also a staple, whether on domestic issues like abortion ("We are offering up 1 1/2 million babies a year upon the altar of sensuality and selfishness") or international topics like the Nicaraguan contras. (The U.S. has "a moral obligation," Robertson maintains, to support "freedom fighters" who battle "satanic...