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...contributions to the entertainment world was something that happened before we ever went on the air. In the early '50s, most TV shows were performed for live broadcast in New York City, and stations around the country played a kinescope, a copy of the show filmed from a TV screen, which wasn't of good quality. But Lucy and Desi were expecting their first child, and they didn't want to move to New York. So Desi got a group of top technical people together who figured out how to shoot the show with three film cameras in front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oct. 15, 1951 | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...jerk when he ends his marriage via a press conference, but you cheer Rudy the jerk when he pushes around insider traders and Mob bosses. Giuliani's philosophy was that it takes a tough guy to run a tough city. If that doesn't always come across prettily on screen, that--as Rudy should know well--is just tough. --By James Poniewozik

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Jerk, Perhaps, But Our Jerk | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...opponent’s zone was evident in McRae’s game-tying goal. The Big Red’s formula for success goes something like this: Rely on Vesce to win the draw, which he usually does. Have the outside wing pinch in and form a screen with Vesce, preventing the opposing team’s forwards from rushing out to attack the defenseman with the puck. Allow Cornell’s accurate shooters to fire free of pressure from the blue line...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald and Jon PAUL Morosi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Great Goaltending Highlights M. Hockey ECAC Championships | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

That aforementioned screen that Vesce and a forward form is, of course, illegal...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald and Jon PAUL Morosi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Great Goaltending Highlights M. Hockey ECAC Championships | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...bottom of her stack of pictures is a close-up of Yang’s face with his name displayed across the bottom on the television screen in a news segment. Fu looks at the picture and seems unsure of how much longer she will have to wait...

Author: By Romina Garber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wife of Jailed Activist Keeps Hope | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

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