Word: setups
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Each voice is as unique as a fingerprint, and the whole aural setup is not exactly fair. An artist like Freni yearns to play grand heroines like Norma or La Gioconda but must obey the dictates of her two vocal cords. Yet Birgit Nilsson could prevail over waves of punishing orchestration for hours. Her explanation: "I was a healthy girl with a healthy voice...
POINT 1. HOLLIS terminals. Why are there none inside the stacks? The current setup presumes that all library users can develop a detailed and comprehensive research plan while sitting in the comparative safety of the reference room...
Although it's one of the smallest houses, you end up knowing more people in this house than you do in most others. This comes largely due to the house's long hallways and centralized setup, both of which encourage frequent congregations...
Some new money-saving ideas are gaining support. Several network executives have proposed a wider use of pools to cover routine press conferences and such events as presidential trips. Despite weeks of complaints from journalists, the pool setup in the gulf had one advantage for the networks: it cut costs. For footage of breaking news, the networks will rely increasingly on international news services and local affiliates rather than on their own reporters. "What we're trying to do is emphasize our correspondents who have expertise and experience to bring a more analytical perspective to reporting...
...Times. "We were constantly fighting the system." Others argue that the pool arrangement should not have lasted as long as it did. "The pool was never intended to be the be-all and end-all of coverage," says Fred Hoffman, a former Pentagon spokesman who helped devise the pool setup. "It shouldn't have been used beyond the earliest stages of the war." A lawsuit has been filed by several writers and magazines, including the Village Voice and the Nation, charging that the Pentagon restrictions violated the press's First Amendment rights...