Word: interrupts
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COMMERCIALS are infuriating. They are also irresistible. Commercials are an outrageous nuisance. They are also apt to be better than the programs they interrupt. Commercials are the heavy tribute that the viewer must pay to the sponsor in exchange for often dubious pleasure. They are also an American art form. A minor art form, but the ultimate in mixed media: sight, sound and sell...
...operates in the 150-megahertz band. It has an output of 25 watts, which makes it normally serviceable within 30 miles of a mobile operator. No matter how distressing the conversation turns out to be, profanity is not advisable. The FCC prohibits swearing, and mobile operators are quick to interrupt when the language turns blue...
...with the exception of a wonderful section where we see (on film) two plebeians reading a newspaper transcript of Coriolanus's "I banish you!" speech, Babe carefully avoids the trap of showing masses influenced by media. The film clips, evenly spaced throughout, never interrupt the action. The technique works best in the scene between Aufidius and his Lieutenant. Babe plays only half the scene on stage, the second half on the film soundtrack: the stage blacks-out and we watch Coriolanus of film, still listening to Aufidius talk about him. Alfred Guzetti's camerawork on these clips is, in context...
Harvard's field events men are so good that they won't get to go to Jamaica. McCurdy feels that pole vaulter Steve Schoonover and weightmen Charlie Ajootian, Dick Benka, and Ron Wilson are so close to breaking through to performances of national calibre that he doesn't dare interrupt their schedule...
...regulations strike deep at arcane devices dear to the Senate parliamentarians. Many members often feign forgetfulness about whether they voted aye or nay and interrupt roll calls to ask whether their vote has been recorded and how they voted. This is a time-spinning maneuver, enabling habitual latecomers-notably including New York's Bobby Kennedy and Illinois' Charles Percy-to vote. Henceforth, this maneuver is out. Instead, Senate clerks will make a "slow call" of the roll, which, its proponents insist, will give laggards at least 15 minutes to reach the chamber...