Word: network
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...host of social problems, including crime and poverty, potholes and a broken-down transit system, one would think the vast power of the city council could be put to better use than analyzing UPN's Monday-night schedule." Still, in an attempt to defuse the flap, the network yanked the pilot and substituted an episode titled "Abe Online," which depicts the Great Emancipator (played by Dann Florek) carrying on an illicit romance via the telegraph...
...other hand, the decision to air this nonsense reflects a considerable insensitivity on UPN's part. Pfeiffer is ridiculous, even by sitcom standards. The network has enjoyed so much success in attracting black viewers (who last season made up 45% of its prime-time audience) that it may have deluded itself into thinking that African Americans will tolerate whatever it deigns to throw at them, regardless of the quality. There's a good way for black viewers and everyone else to disabuse them of that patronizing notion: emancipate themselves from the TV set the moment Pfeiffer comes...
...Network's young lust-and-angst formula a winner; MSNBC tries to copy, but Monica's no Felicity...
...since there is never enough. But he believes medical scientists can do a lot more to codify what works best. "We're in an era where we can no longer afford to guess whether things are beneficial," says Califf. And Duke officials believe his DCRI, which coordinates a worldwide network of clinical investigators, will make Duke a leader in evidence-based medicine, driving down costs at the medical center without harming health while bringing in millions of dollars in funding from pharmaceutical firms...
...clot-busting drug, TPA, worked no better, yet cost far more, than the standard clot buster. If TPA was to survive, it had to quantify its benefits to insurers. With a fortune on the line, Genentech turned to Califf. Within two years, Califf and the Cleveland Clinic organized a network that enrolled 41,000 patients. Conclusion: compared with the standard drug, TPA saved more than 2,000 lives a year...