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Word: gettingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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LETN's audience, which so far includes 725 police agencies in 48 states, gives the network solid reviews. "It's sharpening us all up and eliminating some schooling," says Captain Randy Stienstra of the Mount Dora, Fla., police department. Ten states have certified LETN as a vehicle for earning in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Cops On Camera | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Just a few minutes before the TV taping is to start on this sunny Tuesday afternoon, an earthquake strikes San Francisco. But the only tremor felt by ) the crowd filing into a Paramount sound stage 350 miles to the south is one of anticipation. Two women from New Orleans are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Arsenio Hall, at the same moment, has no inkling of the earthquake either. (The news reaches him later, midway through the show, though he doesn't mention it on the air.) With minutes to go before his 5:15 deadline, he is in his dressing room, slipping into a stylish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

The TV industry is getting the message. Rather than merely redistribute the existing late-night audience, Hall's show has attracted new viewers. Some urban contemporary radio stations have noticed a drop in their listenership when Hall is on the air. The inevitable TV imitators are starting to appear, notably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

The Monitor story told of a local farmer who had been pestered by bears getting into his feed corn. Had to shoot two last year, he said. A fish-and- game-commission biologist said, "Rather than have farmers kill the bears, we would rather have sportsmen utilize the resource." You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Heroes, Bears and True Baloney | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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