Word: pulping
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...downright appalling, many critics would say. The thrill shows appeal and cater to the viewers' infantile instincts. Film Professor Richard Sklar of New York University compares these programs to a circus sideshow. "The grotesque aspects of popular culture-burlesque, vaudeville variety and pulp magazines-are finding expression on TV today. Television does not go out on a limb; it trails what is happening in society." Some of the toughest condemnations of the shows come from broadcasters. Morley Safer of 60 Minutes blasts such programming as "the worst brew of bad taste yet concocted by the network witches...
...Time Inc. also publishes TIME, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE and MONEY magazines. Other operations include Time-Life Books; the publishing firm of Little, Brown & Co.; Time-Life Films; Home Box Office, the nation's leading supplier of pay-TV programming; and Temple-Eastex, a pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturer...
...from the 8th or early 9th century. The choicest piece was a two-handled silver chalice, 8 in. high and ornamented with gold filigree and amber studs. With it, the contractor found a matching silver tray, called a paten, and a gilt-bronze ladle with perforations to strain grape pulp from the sacramental wine...
...steel mill, a pulp and paper mill, or a nuts and bolts factory sharpen perspective and brighten the bankroll. "It brought me in closer touch with the proletariat and at the same time made me wealthy," said one sophomore who worked at a factory last year and managed to reconcile theory and praxis...
...Because of its rapid growth, the tree could become a vital source of the firewood still used to cook food by 75% of the world's population. Its wood can be processed into charcoal or a flammable gas-or used for building houses and furniture and making paper pulp...