Word: postmidnight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first vessel on the scene, "we could see people floating about in the water and hear them screaming for help." The Mariella managed to rescue 17. "There were hundreds of bodies bobbing up and down," said Hemming Eriksson, a passenger on a second ferry that responded to the postmidnight mayday message. "Many were dressed only in underwear and life jackets. Some of them moved, so you could see they were living, but we could not get them up in the heavy sea." Between 4 a.m. and 3 p.m., 21 rescue helicopters pulled people from heaving life rafts. Briton Paul Barney...
...broadcast stations, as well as such national cable networks as Lifetime and Black Entertainment Television, now carry at least some infomercials, usually in the late-night hours. For TV stations, these program-length ads provide a tidy source of revenue from little watched time periods. (Half an hour of postmidnight airtime can bring in between $5,000 and $20,000 in big-city markets.) For an advertiser with a steam iron or self-help course to flog, an infomercial can be a good way to corral viewers for a long, hard sell. A 30-minute ad for a hand mixer...