Word: overly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Antigrowth instincts have stiffened, especially around Seattle, where the citizenry has been increasingly inclined to put environmental conservatism first. Last May, for example, voters overwhelmingly approved new restrictions limiting the height of future downtown skyscrapers to 450 ft. "The California rush is actually useful in crystallizing the debate over our...
"Today a report from an undercover narcotics officer in Florida on how crack cocaine is made," announces the pretty blond co-anchor. "And verbal judo on the traffic stop: how you can defuse a volatile situation," intones her handsome male partner over a videotape clip of a police officer approaching...
Pull over, Good Morning, America. Hands up, Today. Here comes Roll Call with Debra Maffett and Tom Park -- the centerpiece of LETN, the Law Enforcement Television Network, a novel, $6.5 million, 24-hour broadcast service by Westcott Communications of suburban Dallas. LETN is beamed exclusively to law- enforcement agencies via...
LETN's audience, which so far includes 725 police agencies in 48 states, gives the network solid reviews. "It's sharpening us all up and eliminating some schooling," says Captain Randy Stienstra of the Mount Dora, Fla., police department. Ten states have certified LETN as a vehicle for earning in...
Arsenio Hall, at the same moment, has no inkling of the earthquake either. (The news reaches him later, midway through the show, though he doesn't mention it on the air.) With minutes to go before his 5:15 deadline, he is in his dressing room, slipping into a stylish...