Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush and Quayle are not perfect leaders, and the past four years have hardly been perfect years for America. However, it is time we asked ourselves how much of the current "leadership crisis" is due to our presumption that politicians are guilty until proven innocent, and that contempt for the government is a sign of intellectual superiority...
...regularly rearranged Europe's borders in centuries past. But he is also a harbinger of what may happen elsewhere as the constraints of communism give way to long- suppressed emotions. His animating passion seems to be power, first and foremost, with national pride as a useful adjunct. Though a proven master of the art of communist careermaking, Milosevic has never been a slave to ideology. "All this talk of his Bolshevism is rubbish," says Slavoljub Djukic, author of a critical biography of Milosevic titled How the Leader Happened, which was published in Belgrade last month. "He is simply...
...other networks are catching youth fever. NBC is undergoing an almost complete face-lift, dumping several of its proven but aging hits (Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, Golden Girls) and repopulating its schedule with shows aimed at the magic 18-49 age group. Among the new entries: Here and Now, with former Cosby kid Malcolm-Jamal Warner as a graduate student working at a neighborhood youth center; Rhythm and Blues, about a white disk jockey at a black radio station; and The Round Table, featuring young law-enforcement professionals in Washington. "At eight o'clock across the board...
...make a deal. Another way of reducing risk is to depend on proven hitmakers. CBS and ABC in particular have signed a number of top creators to ! exclusive long-term deals. These favored producers not only are virtually assured of getting their shows on the air; they seem to have a lock on the best time periods as well. Diane English's new CBS comedy Love and War, for example, will have the all-but-foolproof spot following English's current hit, Murphy Brown. Hearts Afire, the new series from Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, will also get an enviable time period...
While it has never been scientifically proven that the new technology actually increases boat speed, crew programs across the country are purchasing the oars in droves and rowers seem to like them...