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...Scouting Report] The peacock was ruffled by the Viacom deal. It is now the only TV network without a production arm to create programming. For now, NBC is looking to expand its reach by possibly taking a 32% stake in Pax Communications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CBS-Viacom Merger: World Of The Media Giants | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...transitional-housing development in Memphis, Tenn. Among the items: a portrait by the only artist for whom Elvis ever sat (1); a Texaco credit card (2); a 1971 jumpsuit (3); sheet music for All Shook Up (with original title I'm All Shook Up) (4); and the aptly named "Peacock Belt" (5). While you should start saving money, there's no need to diet; items from the fat and the skinny years are available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 16, 1999 | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...Mfume says, it's also been redlined--divided into distinct white and minority (mostly black) 'hoods. Four years after Oprah Winfrey challenged Ross and Rachel to "get a black Friend," the most diverse group on NBC's Must-See comedies is the paint-colored men diving into the peacock logo at breaks, while UPN and the WB have a stable of black-cast comedies. Only a few sitcoms, like the WB's For Your Love and UPN's upcoming Grown Ups, are integrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Vast Whiteland | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...contrast to the old days, when the goal of coloring your hair was to make sure nobody could tell, the new wave grows out of a peacock-like desire to make sure everyone within a 10-mile radius notices. Chris Landry, 25, sits on a chair at Urban Renewal in Denver while Yvonne tips his platinum hair blue with a mascara wand. Landry, who has had his hair tipped for 14 years and may in fact be in a fashion rut, is here after making a mess with store-bought blue dye. "Yvonne told me she could fix this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: A Man and His Colorist | 7/19/1999 | See Source »

...dictated the modernization of the country, the Shah threw himself a nationalistic "party of the century" at the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis. The guest list was glittery, and the extravagance made many gag: peacock stuffed with foie gras was a main course. A costumed parade of Iranian history, however, failed to mention Islam--a blind spot that became the Shah's ultimate undoing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uneasy Crowns | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

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