Word: half-hour
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...towels, the maid found Hinckley in the room, wearing a light-colored jacket, sport shirt and casual pants. He stood by the bathroom door and watched without expression as she hung the towels. Shortly afterward he left for the Hilton. It was almost a mile away, less than a half-hour walk. If he went by cab or bus, he was unnoticed...
Rising in Parliament at 3:30 p.m., the hallowed half-hour at which British Prime Ministers traditionally make important statements, Margaret Thatcher was more declarative before a hushed house. Hollis was no mole, said she, pointing out that although it was difficult to prove his innocence, government investigations did not confirm his guilt. For safety's sake and political ease, however, the Prime Minister called for a review of all public service security procedures. She also ordered one other investigation - into the contacts that Pincher had tapped to produce his story in the first place...
News executives at rival networks questioned just how fitting it was. ''We would not permit such an arrangement here," said NBC News President William Small, "because of the potential conflict of interest on stories that correspondents covered. Walter is going to do a science series [Universe, a half-hour newsmagazine that will air 13 episodes this summer] that could get into the area of energy, and that affects the airline industry." Concurred ABC's senior vice president of news, Rich ard Wald: "No active working correspondent at ABC could become the member of a board...
...half-hour later, everyone's moved downstairs into the theater, and it's time for Travolta's official presentation. The band strikes up a sort of Broadway-tuned "Stayin' Alive," and he strides down the aisle, anxiously tugs his bowtie, smiles as a small army of press cameras assaults him, and takes a seat. The show's producers take the stage, nervously fumble their introduction, and Travolta moves towards the mike. And stands there. Sheepishly, he throws his arm into a Saturday Night Fever diagonal, to cheers; then the band steps in to save him--playing "Happy Birthday," it conveniently...
...directed by a different person--so completely rely on television and porno flicks that we are not surprised when the producers fall back on cliched trick endings to escape from beneath the mountain of one-liners they have created. Instead of thinking, "My, wasn't that a hair-brained half-hour, completely devoid of artistic merit," we are supposed to say, "Gee, that really did have a point, didn...