Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...place in the history of journalism, but he returned from the war to become the leading TV newscaster of his time. For seven years at CBS, he and Fred Friendly, now president of CBS News, produced a provocative news special, See It Now, which courted controversy in notoriously timid medium. Their most famous program was a devastatingly understated attack on Senator Joe McCarthy in his heyday. Murrow also broadcast the news for 15 minutes every weekday night for 13 years, beginning each program with the solemn intonation: "This ... is ... the . . . news." Murrow hosted a lightweight but highly profitable program, Person...
...extreme dryness and cold. Martian organisms may concentrate water vapor the way earthly plants collect small traces of carbon dioxide; they may even make their own water by chemical action. There is a possibility that they need no water at all, using some other liquid as a fluid medium...
High Riding. Ford's recent sales spurt is largely the result of a $40 million remodeling job last fall on its medium-price Taunus models (price: $1,689 to $2,330), which were handsomely restyled, given more powerful engines and equipped with front-wheel disk brakes...
...John Fiore notched a meet and medium mark in the hammer throw, billed the afternoon's most exciting event. 194 ft., 11 in. toss provided the glamor, however, as Crimson captain Croasdale managed only a 177 ft., throw, and defending champion Bill did not compete because of a ankle...
...West German press agency down for a chat at his vacation retreat in Bavaria, and there the conversation got around to reunification too. "What really counts," said Erhard, "is that we develop a continuous initiative." He added, in a swipe at the Socialists' advocacy of "small and medium steps" (such as the Easter passes): "Let us not fall prey to the self-deception that reunification can be reached with inadequate technical means...