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The Clash, another fine product of the circa-1977 England that instigated the punk movement, started out producing harsh, angry music that was novel, political, and interesting in its time. Of late, however, they have shied away from their origins, using instruments that were once beyond their financial grasp, and...
Throughout the ordeal of Flight 847, no less, in the wee hours of the morning, strings from the sidelines. The Constitution guarantees the political freedom of the fourth estate, but it can do nothing to shied news organizations from the free market's invisible hand.
"A lot of people shied away from Steve because they didn't think he was fast enough," Clearly says. "He's no speed merchant, but we're not all roadrunners here, either."
Affirmative action is rooted in an uncomfortable reality: that to remedy the effects of past discrimination against blacks and women it is sometimes necessary to discriminate against white men. The Government shied from stating the proposition so boldly, but beginning with the Nixon Administration it put the principle into practice...
Social-issue movies have always been good for a network's prestige; now they seem to be good for its profit-and-loss sheet as well. Advertisers who once shied away from controversial or downbeat programs (like ABC's nuclear-war movie The Day After) are increasingly willing, even eager...