Word: shows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Constitution does provide for an alternate method, under which two-thirds of the states ask Congress to call a convention to propose amendments and three-fourths of the states must ratify them. The budget-balancers admit that they're wielding this second option as a "club" to show Congress that they are serious...
While politicians of both parties scramble to show how austere they can be, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress generally oppose a convention--they would rather keep control of the amendment process themselves. The pressure for a convention comes chiefly from Republican state legislators, and all but five of the 29 states which have already asked Congress to summon a convention are west of the Mississippi--the same area which gave Gerald Ford his near...
...really been running the show," nordic captain David Rand says. "He's done a lot, especially on administration and fundraising...
Alderman, who began her career as a secretary to Carl Reiner, said script writers are dictated to by television executives. Her credits include episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Maude," and she received an Emmy Award nomination for "Lily," a T.V. special on Lily Tomlin...
...pleasant surprise of the night. The idiosyncratic crew of a fledgling radio station in the Midwest struggle to prosper in the competitive and loony radio business. Well-paced and actually funny at times, WKRP benefits enormously from an engaging small cast. But like all situation comedies, the show's writing will provide the true test of whether it can survive. Howard Hesseman, the Martin Mull look-alike who plays D.J. Dr. Johnny Fever, radiates good-natured egomania and could become a real star...