Word: give
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sight was enough to give a Soviet advanceman heartburn. There, in the Great Hall of the People, was a long table set up with microphones and teacups. The rows of chairs were filled with hundreds of journalists, all of whom had to dodge banner-waving marchers, speeding ambulances and mazes of bicycles in Tiananmen Square to make what was supposed to be a 5:45 p.m. press conference by Mikhail Gorbachev. Then, just at showtime, came the news: the session was being moved five miles away to the state guesthouse where Gorbachev was staying in the Diaoyutai compound...
...preservationists, the furor points up the need to strengthen the laws protecting archaeological finds. Since 1973, London's monuments have been safeguarded largely through officially sanctioned voluntary pacts between developers and archaeologists. The agreements basically give scientific teams time to investigate all sites exposed by the digging of construction crews. The costs are borne by the developers, who have been quick to see the public relations advantage. Last year they provided $9 million for explorations at 162 sites in the London area. But the effort amounts mostly to a delay in construction. After archaeologists record their findings and salvage some...
...part, such wrangling reflects industry uneasiness over the proposed merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc., which will create a strengthened No. 2 cable-systems operator, behind Denver-based Tele- Communications. "The burning issue right now is how much access the Time- Warner group will give to its competition," says an executive of a rival cable company. According to a study by Michael Salinger, a professor of public policy at the Columbia University business school, system operators may indeed show bias toward their own networks over channels owned by other companies. Says he: "I found that ATC systems tend...
Cable television was a strapping adolescent when Congress agreed in 1984 to free the industry from regulation to give it room to grow. Since then the business has developed with a passion. Now a vigorous adult, cable reaches 54% of U.S. television homes and has annual advertising revenue of more than $1.8 billion, compared with just $60 million in 1980. But the industry's rapid expansion and newfound clout have prompted sources ranging from consumer groups to motion-picture studios to call loudly for renewed regulation...
...were a child in need of gentle remedial education. "I was bound to have fun with the role of a gruff, Victorian Scottish father," Connery says of Henry (remember, the Jones family hails from Utah). "And have fun I did -- so much so that I told Harrison, 'If you give me all the jokes, you'll really have to work for your scenes...