Word: nbc
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...departure was accompanied by a chorus of speculative articles. His return to an American post with the New York Philharmonic in 1926 was frantically cheered. A decade later he was granted the most flattering gift of all: an orchestra created specially for him. As director of the NBC Symphony, he reached a national radio and television audience and became a visitor to millions of homes that had never heard classical music in such abundance. He was no longer merely a conductor; he had become an icon...
Stanley A. Karnow '47, former Far East correspondent for the Washington Post and NBC news special correspondent, said, "The biggest blunder [in Vietnam] was our failure to understand the determination and tenacity of the forces against...
...NCAA is televised on CBS, NBC and ABC. The Ivy League is televised...
AIDS, the terrifying disease. Condoms, the most widely available safeguard against the spread of the sexually transmitted illness. Those combined facts have shattered the long-held taboo against advertising such prophylactics on broadcast television. While some cable systems have carried condom commercials, ABC, CBS and NBC have steadfastly refused, contending that the ads would offend some communities. No local station would broadcast them either -- until now. First San Francisco's KRON-TV, an NBC affiliate, announced it would end its ban, and plans to start airing three 15-second spots for Trojan condoms in February. "Someone had to break...
Shortly after highlights of the document were broadcast on NBC Nightly News, the White House announced, "We believe that this report will underscore the fact that the President knew absolutely nothing about the diversion of funds from Iran to the contras and that no such policy was ever approved by the President." In the terminology of Watergate: no smoking gun. It was a curious vindication, proclaiming Reagan's innocence by revealing his ignorance...