Word: piped
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...moment, that news from the future may only be Barry Diller's pipe dream. Diller, the onetime baron of Fox, last week bought into a skein of uhf TV stations to get back in the game. It is also a pipe nightmare for those who believe competition is the soul of both capitalism and pop-cultural creativity. But another deal last week brought the scenario a step toward plausibility. Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting System declared they were deep in negotiations that could lead to a Time Warner purchase, led by chairman Gerald Levin, of Ted Turner's prize fleet...
When Democrats ran the house, the health and environment subcommittee office was a no-smoking preserve ruled by anti- tobacco crusader Representative Henry Waxman. Today the subcommittee is part of the domain of Republican Thomas Bliley Jr., a pipe lover who hails from the tobacco state of Virginia. Smoking is now accepted in the old subcommittee room, and congressional aides gleefully flick their ashes into a glass ashtray placed atop Waxman's picture...
Recognition in the U.S. may be even harder to achieve than worldwide respectability. Plans for an American professional league next year still seem like a pipe dream, and players like Lalas and John Harkes and Cobi Jones have far more name recognition outside the 50 states than inside. The Copa America games were telecast to fans in the U.S. only on pay-per-view, and then only on Prime Deportiva, the Spanish-language cable service. "We've spent our entire lives trying to promote the game," says Wynalda, "but nobody pays attention. Until America accepts us as a viable team...
...President Ernesto Zedillo [INTERVIEW, June 19], I would ask if he is living in the same politically corrupt, crime-ridden, economically bankrupt country as I am. Or is he living in paradise with Alice in Wonderland? Come on, Mr. President, face reality: your five-year economic plan is a pipe dream. Get real. Talk to the people, not just to the sycophants who surround you and live in luxury. Luis C. Calvillo Mexico City...
...coming. At least three other Southern conservative Democrats have made it clear that they are itching to jump ship. A larger number are likely to retire rather than run in 1996. That would make the Democrats' quest to regain control of the House in 1996 little more than a pipe dream. "To gain the seats the Democrats need to be the majority in the House will be really, really, really hard," said congressional expert Charles Cook. Two weeks ago, he put their chances at 30% to 35%; now his assessment is down...