Word: seem
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some politicians would shed no tears if the network were to meet that fate. Channel 4's news and public affairs programs often seem calculated to rock the boat. A series called Opinions gives a public figure 30-min. of airtime each week to expound on a controversial topic (Germaine Greer on Margaret Thatcher, Edward Teller on nuclear defense). Channel 4's 50-min. nightly newscast skips crime reports and the doings of royalty in favor of probing political analyses and stories on business, science and the arts. A 1985 documentary touched off a political scandal when it revealed that...
...this country. "Americans say they love British TV, but virtually nothing from British TV is shown on American television," he contends. "Most of what is shown is the worst of what we do. Masterpiece Theatre concentrates on simple, safe costume dramas." Simple and safe: two words that do not seem to exist in Channel 4's lexicon...
...Morgan Jr.'s private car, the Erie 400, is rolling again, partly owned by John Hankins, an attorney from Huntington, W.Va. Most private-car owners seem to be fairly affluent, though some admit to being drastically less affluent after upkeep and renovations. "Sooner or later the cost of maintaining a car gets to you," says Larry Haines, 71, a retiree who has spent nearly $40,000 on the Clover Colony in 14 years. Haines' car is a bargain compared with the Caritas, a 1948 Pullman bought for $10,000 three years ago by Clark Johnson, a Denver physicist. Some...
That is what makes the growing problem of drugs in sports seem so insidious, and why each new disclosure about a career destroyed or an athlete dying young comes as such a head-snapping blow. In an era so stingy with heroes, the fall of sports stars to the lure of cocaine and other narcotics has helped spur the growing national concern about drug abuse. It has also prompted college and professional sports officials to search for new ways to crack down on the illicit indulgences of those who are supposed to serve as exalted role models...
...opponents of apartheid, there are still many obstacles. In South Africa, whose legal system resembles Britain's, there is no constitutional bill of rights through which the courts can protect individuals, and the Parliament is supreme. Hence judges are bound to enforce all its laws, however capricious they may seem. The courts can only challenge statutes on technical grounds, as happened in the recent flurry of decisions...