Word: repeaters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Around 5 p.m., Dunayev rehearses his program on-camera. "If it is good, I use the tape," he says. "If not, I do it live." Then he writes an entirely new script for his 10 p.m. show. "It's hell," he says. "You can't repeat either the first program or the evening news [a half-hour show aired at 9 p.m.]. Ten or 15 years ago, it would have been easy, because you could say, 'The bloody imperialists did such and such.' But now we realize it's not black and white...
...major embezzlement of state property, can even bring death. Judges generally do not hand down the long prison hitches that U.S. courts often mete out in anticipation of early parole, but Soviet convicts are more likely to serve full terms. And they toil hard, both in the prisons where repeat offenders or dangerous criminals are kept and in the work camps housing most of the convict population of about 2 million...
...ought to recognize its complicity in the fate of Iran and publicly repudiate the Shah; the hostages' return might well be furthered, but more importantly, Iranians and non-aligned nations everywhere would see that America understands the criminality of much of its past, and resolves not to let history repeat itself...
...grouped in tight lines, silent, waiting, praying for and half-expecting a repeat miracle while the straggling protestors wandered in from blocking traffic on Route One and the cameras whirred. "Form two wedges," came the command, and the marching step turned into a curious shuffling advance, as the boots came closer and the cries of "Hup, Hup, Hup," meant to intimidate us (they worked) rose to fever pitch. The troops drew up to the first row, hesitating for an instant that was an eternity, and suddenly they were upon us, stomping and shoving and kicking and dragging demonstrators...
...programming chief at ABC, he promoted his prime-time shows heavily during the 1976 Olympics, and the network grabbed the ratings lead in January 1977. ABC's profits before taxes jumped spectacularly, from $17 million in 1975 to $110 million in 1977. Silverman was hoping for a repeat of that Olympian performance this year. Says Charles Bachrach, senior vice president at the advertising firm of Ogilvy & Mather: "With a bit of decent programming and the expected push from the Olympics, Freddie might have made good on his goal of reaching No. 1 by this Christmas. But the way things...