Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both categories remain eternally attractive to publishers, if only because they offer the potential for a targeted, cohesive audience to suit particular kinds of advertisers. Thus half a dozen well-financed rivals of the traditional men's magazines have arrived or are poised to enter the fray, even at a time when all publications are hard pressed to hold on to advertisers. Warns Charles Elbaum, president of Publishing Economics, a media consulting firm: "The pie has been sliced too many times for them all to survive...
...detect, with the help of U.S. satellites, any Iraqi preparations for a missile launch. Once Baghdad begins placing its missiles on launchers, Israel and the U.S. expect to have five or six hours to coordinate a response before the missiles can be fired. To keep Israel out of the fray, Washington may volunteer to take out the missiles, but Shamir will require some convincing. Says Defense Minister Moshe Arens: "Nobody will do the job for us. We can do it, and we should...
...action hasn't yet been made in most places." One reason is that the Persian Gulf crisis has dominated the news and overshadowed the hard-to-focus outrage at the S&L debacle. Further, many entrenched incumbents raised so much money so early that worthy rivals never entered the fray...
...such cartoon pioneers as Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. Disney is adding two more cartoon shows to an afternoon lineup that already includes DuckTales and Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers, TV's two highest-rated (and best-animated) syndicated children's shows. The Fox network is entering the fray with Peter Pan and the Pirates, the first of a planned two-hour cartoon block...
Smith was still there last week, forcing crews to work around her as they began gutting the motel. With city and state officials wary of being drawn into the fray, the construction company, facing possible delay penalties, reluctantly petitioned a chancery court judge to order Smith's removal. The court directed Smith to vacate the property or face arrest. Sheriff's deputies are expected to try to enforce the court order this week...