Word: popularized
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...said and done, they continue to generate a good deal of money--$50 million to $60 million a year for a successful one. NBC's new hour-long series, centered on four families and set in the fictitious New England seaside town of Harmony, runs right after the popular Days of Our Lives in most areas, replacing Another World, which went off the air last month after 35 years...
MOLLY IVINS may hail from the Lone Star State, but she loves the Stars and Stripes. In her syndicated column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ivins stands her ground against critics of popular American culture. "I'm not sure it's the greatest country, but it's certainly the most fun," says the Austin-based TIME contributor, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, whose essay this week celebrates America's "world-class" eccentrics. She says her more than 20 years covering Texas politics qualifies her to write about American culture because "Texas is like any other place, only more...
...affluent wild-animal watchers, the $40 million Cape Wildlife Reserve, with more than 60,000 acres of the Klein Karoo, east of Cape Town, will open in January 2000. The luxury game reserve, which will include executive lodges, a resort and a conference center, is reintroducing Africa's popular Big Five--elephants, buffalo, rhinos, lions and leopards--from overstocked game parks elsewhere in the country to the Western Cape, where they have all but vanished...
Since film critic Gene Siskel died in February, questions have swirled about the future of the popular TV show he hosted with fellow Chicago scribe Roger Ebert. Well, now we know ?- sort of. In September, the Disney-syndicated series will change its name from "Siskel & Ebert" to "Roger Ebert & the Movies," with new theme music and rotating guest critics. Yet to be determined: whether Ebert will let colleagues give the digital seal of approval. "In respect to Gene, we're not allowing other people to use the thumbs right now," says Mary Kellogg, the Disney exec overseeing the show. "Things...
Wise, who became interested in animal rights in the 1970s when he read the book Animal Liberation by Peter Singer, said he believes animal rights law is an increasingly popular field...