Word: segments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Again in 1984, Rather narrated a segment claiming to depict 4,000 Afghans fleeing their villages near Kabul out of fear of Soviet attacks. Etabari told the Post that the film was shot miles away at the Afghan-Pakistani border...
Arnowitt will present the next segment of this series in January 1991. If he continues to impress as he did in this program, the series should be quite a success...
...scene mirrors the sitcom segment that earned Castillo his few minutes of fame, and adds poignancy to what came before and after those golden moments on national TV. Castillo's flamboyant plumage and mating behaviors seem dated and may not appeal to readers who now find machismo to be a dirty word. Hijuelos deflects this prejudice with sensitivity and a charged style that elevates stereotype into character. His hero may have urgent appetites and simple tastes, but he gives as much pleasure as he receives. In addition, his story strikes resonant chords when told against the rich cultural fusion...
Similar concerns have arisen in other nations as well. To calm public protest, a Canadian utility proposed buying all the homes along a 90-mile power line that is under construction. But residents became so upset that the government ordered a halt to work on a segment of the line. Fears were further heightened last month when The New Yorker magazine published a series on "The Hazards of Electromagnetic Fields." Author Paul Brodeur charged utility companies and public health officials with trying to gloss over the threat to health posed by power lines and computer terminals...
...when their films were the risque ones. Hah! Now . the show is on the other foot. Europeans at the TV children's hour would be aghast at the torrent of video violence, the Tampax-machine gags on Murphy Brown, or the 27 -- count 'em -- condom jokes in a single segment of Kate & Allie...