Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Brown encourages a good student faculty dialogue regarding the quality of professors and administrators, this award is the first attempt to analyze the quality of educators at other schools, said Andrew Moses '85, who ran the balloting...
...being acquired by Capital Cities Communications is hardly in dire straits. Since the mid-1970s, when it vaulted from last to first in the prime-time ratings, ABC has proved to be a skilled and tenacious competitor. "I think their problems have been overstated," says Fred Silverman, who ran the network's programming department during its boom years of the 1970s. "My guess is that ABC's performance at this point is a temporary blip. You'll see them bounce back...
Such assessments, aside from being self-serving, ignored the network's serious contributions. In January 1977, ABC telecast Roots, a twelve-hour multigenerational saga about American slaves that ran for eight consecutive nights. The scheduling tactic was unprecedented, the results staggering. Roots drew the largest audience of any entertainment program in history and helped make the mini-series form a prime-time staple. Since then, ABC has produced its share of ambitious dramatic fare, from the 18-hour The Winds of War to The Day After, the controversial film about the impact of nuclear war on a small town...
...trip by ourselves for the first time in 14 years, to Florida. That's over now. We can't afford to go." Many businesses tried to help out the cashless consumers. Some grocery chains continued to accept checks drawn on the thrifts. Nonetheless, many depositors ran short of money for such necessities as medical care and gasoline...
...that show was crippled by a bitter book that was vulgarized in its later revisions. With West Side Story, however, Bernstein's command of popular idioms, his soaring lyric gifts and technical skills got free rein in a show as powerful as a street rumble. West Side Story ran for 734 performances, became a 1961 film that won ten Academy Awards and was revived onstage several times...