Word: networking
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...mathematician, diplomat and astronomer, Percival Lowell of Boston, who established an observatory in Arizona and dedicated it to the study of Mars. By 1908, influenced in part by optical illusions and wishful thinking, Lowell had counted and named hundreds of canals, which he believed were part of a large network conveying water from the polar ice caps to the parched cities of an arid and dying planet. Lowell's observations and musings, in turn, inspired British novelist H.G. Wells to write The War of the Worlds, a dramatic account of an invasion of the earth by octopus-like Martians...
Cable News Network reported that Thornburgh,who left the Pennsylvania governorship last yearafter serving two four-year terms, had beeninterviewed by White House General Counsel A.B.Culvahouse...
...hasn't the large Hispanic community -- which watches 32% more TV than the rest of the population, according to a survey commissioned by Univision, a Spanish-language network -- been courted more aggressively by mainstream TV? One reason may be the proliferation of Spanish-language TV stations (130 outlets broadcasting full or part time in Spanish), which have siphoned off a portion of the available audience. The Nielsen ratings, some charge, have long underestimated the Spanish-speaking audience, thus giving the networks less incentive to program for it. Equally problematic is the dearth of Hispanic writers and producers who have...
...Network executives insist that they are receptive, even eager, for shows $ dealing with Hispanic characters and culture. "Everyone is dying to come up with a Hispanic show," asserts Thomas Murphy, chairman of Capital Cities/ABC. "It would be good for the Spanish-speaking population and for the network." What is needed most is a successful series that would encourage TV's favorite pastime: imitation. Says Norman Lear, whose a.k.a. Pablo (also starring Rodriguez) had a short run in 1984: "As soon as a TV hit comes along, they'll copy it 100 times...
...EMPIRE OF REASON (PBS, July 13, 10 p.m. on most stations). The big guns of TV news report on the battle to ratify the Constitution as if it were a breaking story. Walter Cronkite anchors for the "Continental Television Network," and William F. Buckley Jr. and Phil Donahue do their thing...