Word: mins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...afternoon or evening. Twice each term they meet at WSU's downtown Detroit campus for larger conferences. Other instruction is accomplished through a series of some 800 "classes" that have been video-taped by college faculty. These are broadcast daily on public TV and commercial channels in 30-min. segments early in the morning, in the late afternoon and after midnight; the week's fare is then repeated on Sunday for makeup and review. The curriculum, taught by the 82-member faculty, includes courses in science, the humanities and the social sciences, as well as mandatory classes...
...burst into television station KBCI'S newsroom two weeks ago. They were looking for video-taped interviews with inmates at the Idaho state penitentiary conducted by Reporter Bob Loy during a prison riot last month. As a dismayed Loy and his colleagues watched helplessly, the police spent 90 min. rummaging through their files and desk drawers before locating the tapes they wanted. Last week KBCI filed a civil complaint against the state and the local prosecutor claiming infringement of their First Amendment rights. Only two months earlier, police in Flint, Mich., had raided a local printing firm looking...
...their offices in city centers. The long overdue establishment of efficient mass transit systems in many cities is also helping to renew urban areas. For example, by 1985 an executive in Atlanta will be able to step from the planned Georgia-Pacific Center on Peachtree Street and arrive 15 min. later by subway at the international airport. Downtown Dallas is experiencing its strongest construction surge ever. Says Clyde Jackson, president of Wynne-Jackson Inc., a Dallas real estate development company: "The suburban exodus of the '70s has stabilized...
...final decision to compete, which he announced in March, set the stage for an epic confrontation in the 800 and 1,500 with another nonboycotting Brit, Steve Ovett, 24, who on July 1 shaved .2 second from Coe's mile record of 3 min. 49 sec. Hungry for an international sports success, most Britons seemed to support Coe's decision. Still, young "Seb" came under pressure from boycott backers to stay at home. He handled it with analytical detachment, as befits a scholar-athlete with a double bachelor of arts degree (he studied economics, social history and political...
...summit Carter sent Schmidt a harsh letter cautioning him against any freeze. Schmidt replied, in a letter described by aides as "dripping with irony and sarcasm," that he had no intention of making such a move. After both leaders arrived in Venice, they met for 90 min. in Carter's hotel suite. At the end of their talk, the President said he had "absolutely no doubt" that the West Germans will carry out their agreement on the missiles. Added Schmidt: "I never thought that we did not agree in substance...