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...networks lately have shown increased willingness to examine TV's flaws in public. Still, documentaries in the expose vein - regardless of the specific subject - have problems on network TV. Says Av Westin, executive producer of the Closeup series: "Sponsorship has been slack. It's not an easy sell." In the New York market last week, Closeup's commercial slots were filled with public service announcements and plugs for upcoming ABC shows. And, though ABC showed spunk in airing the program, it did so on Labor Day. Any subsequent Monday evening would have assured a larger audience...
Anne Peretz said that her husband will perform some of her former duties in the House but other people in the house will also take up some of the slack. She said that she actually has been doing very little in the House for the past few months...
...public spending. Trouble is, the tight money situation in West Germany affects Giscard's hopes for an expanding French economy because it means a shrinking German market for French goods, as well as a more aggressive effort by West German industries to export goods in order to offset slack sales at home...
...slow and very slow." This tactic played havoc with News deadlines, prevented the publishing of more than 700 ad pages in 19 days, and cost the paper some $2 million in lost revenue. News officials responded with an ultimatum: either the printers tighten up by May 6 or the slack would be handled by automation. When the publishers made good on their threat, Powers acted...
...electricity, but they are running slowly now. Last winter's rain was low, and snow fell only lightly in the Himalayas, where the great rivers of north India swell. The flow in those rivers is now down to a trickle. Nor can coal-fired generators take up the slack. Plagued with their own problems, including limited fuel supplies, they are not working at full capacity. At present sky-high prices, India also cannot afford to import as much oil as it needs to operate the supplementary plants that power individual factories. So the country faces power shortages that promise...