Word: slating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days, there were three issues--rent control, rent control and rent control," said Koocher. "It used to be that anyone who lived in a protected apartment would go out and vote for a slate of pro-rent-control candidates, but that isn't going to happen anymore...
...least two of the playwrights seem to be duly flummoxed by the nebulousness of the assignment. When asked what the year 2000 means, Gelbart, after some extemporizing, offers that it's a time for "taking stock." Wilson sees the millennium as offering humanity "a clean slate," although he's unsure what that might mean in practice. It will be interesting to see what these artists come up with, and whether any of their pieces will prove that this subject isn't, in fact, best handled by the makers of skin-care products...
Voting in a slate of candidates who emphasized a renewed commitment to public service, about 80 students gathered Sunday night in Science Center E to elect new officers for the Black Students Association...
...Muammar Gaddafi, who promised $1 billion in support of minority business ventures in this country. Whether Gaddafi would make good was a moot point: U.S. sanctions against Libya blocked acceptance. Last year PATTY STONESIFER directed Microsoft's move from software into "content," meaning movie-quality games, online publications like Slate and news services like msnbc, a step that will change the shape of news and entertainment. In December she left in a company-wide shake-up. People who think Microsoft is a teenage boy's tree house say she was shaken out of the tree...
...Beresford. The vocal arrangements they made still exist and are used in the movie. But in shaping their tale for the screen, shouldn?t he have honored their courage?and, yes, inventiveness?with something other than cliches?" TELEVISION . . . GUN: The latest?and most impressively pedigreed?of this spring's slate of cop shows is ABC?s 'Gun,' which starts on April 12 (Saturdays, 10 p.m. ET). Conceived by director Robert Altman, Gun aims to follow the life of a single pistol?an intriguing premise until you realize that no single episode will have any relation to the last. But then...