Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Answer: because all of American free television with national scope has been seized by the likes of General Electric, Westinghouse, Disney and Rupert Murdoch. The giant-corporate agenda has become the sole agenda. Even the Public Broadcasting System has been purged of temperate Robert MacNeil, reducing its NewsHour to Republican softball pitcher Jim Lehrer--a guaranteed development now that every program begins with "Thanks" to Exxon or "Thanks" to AT&T or "Thanks" to ADM. You don't bite the hand that feeds...
...Moor's Last Sigh is a reaching, rickety palace of a narrative, sprawling in historical scope and capped everywhere with poetic minarets. The whole affair is held together by Rushdie's swift, lyrical, humorous style--or, mostly held together. The novel lacks the brilliant closure of Midnight's Children. Some avenues end artlessly, while others take too many twists. But the story never slows down long enough to get stuck. The crescendo, the penultimate action of the novel, is a manic and violent script worthy of John Woo direction...
According to Landes, however, concerns about the size and scope of the central administration...
...film's most striking qualities is its scope. It reaches back into China's past, providing a brief but surprisingly comprehensive history of the Communist Party and its hero, Mao Zedong. Outstanding archival footage (some of it dating back several decades) of lavish parades and boisterous rallies effectively conveys the Chinese people's devotion to the Party and its ideals...
Widespread publicity of Harvard's actions in media with a national scope, such as newspapers (The New York Times, Washington Post and the LA Times) and television might be effective, both by influencing alumni and by making Harvard's need for external legitimacy more acute. The willingness of alumni to act on PBHA's behalf is uncertain. There may also be other actions that would be effective in giving involved students partial power in public service decisions...