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...asked to be socially responsible as well. Because they come into the home uninvited, network programs are supposed to uphold proper moral values and teach life lessons: drugs are bad, race discrimination is wrong, women should get breast exams early and often. Sometimes the second task tends to overwhelm the first: that is, a show is so busy doing good that no one bothers to notice whether it is good. The new season's prime example is ABC's Life Goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Reflections of A Real Grouch | 10/16/1989 | See Source »

Instead of allowing the change in plans to overwhelm her, the Highlands, Col. native responded in what is now known as typical Robin Johnston fashion. After receiving an inbound pass, Johnston took a few quick dribbles, fired a shot on goal and scored...

Author: By Hank Hudepohl, | Title: Leading the Women Booters With Class | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...primeval forests, alien spacecraft and New York City brownstones. The shifting patterns of light chase M around and dance with her in a malevolent pas de deux, whimsically trapping her and letting her go as her mood shifts from hope to despair. The light and sound join forces to overwhelm M, sometimes leaving her a helpless lump on the floor...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Flying in the Face of Reason | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...million people in the U.S. are believed to be infected with the virus, the national AIDS medical bill is expected to soar to between $4.5 billion and $8.5 billion a year by 1991. Moreover, the demand for outpatient services, nursing homes and housing for AIDS patients is expected to overwhelm health care systems in the hardest-hit cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Longer Life for AIDS Patients | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...greatest breakthrough since Daguerre's silver-coated copper photographic plate. With Sony's still-video camera, photographers could instantly display their snapshots on ordinary TV screens. But when it finally came out in 1987 with a price tag of about $7,000, the product did not exactly overwhelm the marketplace. Except in a few specialized applications in business and journalism, the filmless camera virtually disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Video Snaps For Grandma? | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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