Word: segments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Muhammad, who presides over Muhammad's Mosque No. 11 in Boston, said that reconciling differences between Blacks and Jews will require "a concerted effort." He criticized a "segment of the Jewish people who have a great deal of influence or power [over other Jews]" for exacerbating tensions...
Pauly Shore, one of the music channel's wacky personalities, waltzed through Harvard Yard on Sunday in preparation for his "Totally Pauly" segment that will air next Tuesday...
Medved has tapped into a general queasiness about pop culture, and not just from religious and social conservatives. A large segment of the public senses that the trash has risen to eye and ear level, and it smells rank. Freddy Krueger slices his way into little girls' minds, and Madonna's siren song & turns little boys into prematurely dirty men. Once the U.S. cinema was ruled by sentiment; now it is tyrannized by cynicism. Movies have assumed the omniscient sneer of a '50s greaser; they mock or duck any authority, whether the unfeeling parent, the stodgy teacher, the irrelevant clergyman...
...come from one of the most conservative counties in the nation. In Lancaster, Pa., where a large segment of the population considers electricity an evil vanity, there is certainly no conclave of liberal leaders. Nevertheless, our street cleaners don't come into view until at least after noon. And they have to roam the city after Amish horses and buggies...
...Network executives, not surprisingly, have the same concerns. Censors monitor shows closely for any material that might be objectionable to a large (or at least vocal) segment of the audience. "It's the responsibility of good television to be topical, but it should not espouse any political candidacy," says CBS Entertainment president Jeff Sagansky. Still, success in the ratings (Murphy Brown commands the highest ad rates of any series on TV) can go a long way toward calming network nerves. "The viewers vote for Murphy Brown every week," says Sagansky, "and only vote for Dan Quayle every four years...