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Long a journalistic backwater populated by tired rewrite men, television criticism did not really become a respectable calling until the beginning of this decade, when newspapers belatedly began to see that they were giving pitifully short shrift to the country's most important cultural phenomenon. No-nonsense reporters and respected critics were assigned the beat, and sharp, analytical commentary soon came to the TV page. Critics like Tom Shales, 33, of the Washington Post, and Marvin Kitman, 49, of Newsday, are masters of the lampoon. The new breed can also level their targets with sheer ferocity. One recent example...
...issue which had attracted the attention of real Clamshell Alliance demonstrators outside the Sheraton, as opposed to Proposition 13's absent masses, was nuclear power. However, it was given short shrift inside the conference hall. When I asked Milliken if support for nuclear power plants was inconsistent with his concern for toxic chemicals and the environment, he lowered his voice a little and said, "Well we are going to have to go ahead in a very cautious way, but wind and solar energy are not going to solve this country's energy problems," adding that "environmental risks and economic advantages...
...audience was wondering whether they had seen the real M0cCoy in the first half when McDonald and Co. made short shrift of the Crimson defense with a second half sortie that gave them a 65-53 lead...
...says the Rev. Paul Moore, 35, minister of midtown Manhattan's Church of the Nazarene, "is to get the suburban church off its butt to save the cities. The government can't do it. Only the Gospel can." His aide, Bill Bray, gives short shrift to the "humanistic programs" run by traditional churches in the slums. As he sees it, they leave out the experience of God: "If I was like that I'd work for the government...
Partly because of inexperience in dealing with Congress, Carter and his aides were handed some sharp rebukes. The President's backing of public financing of congressional campaigns was given short shrift by legislators who were elected under the present system?and like it just fine. His effort to pay off a campaign promise to maritime unions by fixing the percentage of imported oil that must be carried in U.S. ships was scuttled. Congress bowed to all-out oil industry lobbying and killed a plan to emphasize environmental considerations in offshore oil leases. Carter wanted to shelve 23 major water projects...