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...strollers. ) Many open their doors before regular store hours; some are measuring off courses and issuing walkers' maps. The quarter-mile circuit at the Northwoods mall in Peoria, Ill., even includes half a dozen stations for stretching and light calisthenics. The Ward Parkway Shopping Center in Kansas City, a pioneer that has been welcoming mall walkers for 25 years, actually opens for three hours on holidays just to accommodate its habitual hikers...
DANCE ABILITY MANY believe, is the only virtue of British synth-band Depeche Mode. An auspicious pioneer in the synth-pop wavelet of Human League, ex-Human Leaguers Heaven 17, and Soft Cell, "The Mode" looked passe after synthesizer genius Vince Clarke departed for Yaz. The remaining foursome haven't quite thrived, but they haven't died either; and their latest release. Some Great Reward compares well to the brilliant post-Clarke collection. A Broken Frame...
...problem, then, is in Mallon's presentation of what remains a fine and broad selection of diarists and journal-keepers. There is an impressive span in the book from the expected to the unknown, from Samuel Pepys and Dorothy Wordsworth to the diaries of ordinary pioneer women undergoing extraordinary hardships. This host of diarists is sifted into sections--one for prisoners, one for travelers, one for creators, and the like. The resulting juxtapositions could be enlightening and provocative and could make for an absorbing book. Unfortunately, Mallon's text leaves us without any resounding insight into the curious business...
...upstart of TV's network fraternity. CBS, with its distinguished legacy of William Paley, Edward R. Murrow and Playhouse 90, has always embodied broadcasting's old- school elite. NBC, originator of the Today and Tonight shows and numerous other firsts, is a respected, if sometimes stodgy, TV pioneer. ABC, by contrast, is the brash outsider, by turns more innovative and more shrewdly commercial than either of its rivals...
Playing catch-up made ABC receptive to change. It was the first network to encourage Hollywood studios to produce series, striking early deals not only with Disney but also with Warner Bros. (77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye). ABC was also a pioneer in the made-for-TV movie format. Perhaps its most striking achievements came in sports programming. Under the leadership of Producer Roone Arledge, ABC increased the scope of athletics coverage with its weekly Wide World of Sports; introduced technical innovations like the instant replay; brought pro football into prime time with Monday Night Football; and substantially raised...