Word: segments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...represent one effort to return to the law-and-order of a more innocent time. In recent weeks the Paterson principal has found himself not only the subject of network news reports but also a sought-after guest on TV talk shows. CBS's 60 Minutes has shot a segment on the maverick educator, and Warner Bros. has snapped up the rights to his life story ("six figures," plus a percentage of the net, for Joe), with Sidney Poitier as a possible star. "Isn't it something," Clark beams, "that this little black Newark welfare boy is the most popular...
...Solomon--director of executive operations at Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), one of the organizers of the rally--said organizers should try to attract as many supporters as possible. "If we get the numbers we hope, it will be a dramatic expression of the will of an important segment of the population," he said...
...there is a message that goes with the lack of packaging, one that appeals to a loyal segment of the Democratic Party weary of constant neo- identity crises. In late 1949, when Simon became eligible to vote, he wrote a column for the tiny weekly newspaper in Illinois that he published, explaining why he had become a Democrat. The year before, he had endorsed Republican Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman. His change of heart, the youthful Simon explained, came because he preferred the Democrats' commitment to "world peace" and "genuine world free trade" and faulted the Republicans for their backsliding...
...benefit of this structure for the musicians is that it allows them more playing time, members say. "A musician can play a whole five or six minute segment at a time, instead of just a few measures during rehearsal," says Tokuno, who plays violin and recorder...
...especially askew these days. Bruce Willis won this year's Emmy Award for lead actor in a drama series for Moonlighting, a show patterned after Hollywood's breezy romantic comedies of the 1930s. Michael J. Fox was named best actor in a comedy for Family Ties, whose most celebrated segment last season featured Fox's character in a spiritual crisis over the death of a friend...