Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there such diversity on TV, a medium notorious for the numbing, copycat sameness of so many of its programs? Yes-for those viewers whose sets are hooked up not to antennas that pull TV signals out of the air, but to cables that transmit images and sound over as many as 36 channels in the way that the telephone wires running alongside those cables carry phone calls...
...have one or more sets. The numbers are growing so rapidly that Young and Rubicam, the ad agency, predicts that almost one of three TV households will be on cable by 1981. Says Vice President William Donnelly: "Thirty percent is the magic number that made regular TV a mass medium and that later made color matter to advertisers." After reaching that point, cable would have a potential for further fast expansion. By industry count, TV cables (made of copper wire wrapped in plastic foam and an outer layer of aluminum) have been strung past just about half...
...think that in the long run most of us are concerned about the standing of Harvard in the sense of that word, and perhaps in the medium and short run as well, the standing of Harvard will be better served by taking an aggressive posture on the question...
LEVY: The Iranian revolution triggered a real crisis. The protests against corruption and excessive development will encourage other OPEC countries to slow oil production. There is nothing in sight that would lead to very substantial increases in oil supplies in the immediate or even medium-term future...
...shrimp cocktail ($4.50) was better. Five medium-sized shrimp sitting atop a layer of fairly crisp lettuce served with a peppery sauce...