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...against the medical profession (Arrowsmith, 1925) and a parallel course is run, from upcreek tabernacles, through a hayseed college and seminary to a big-city edifice with a revolving electric cross. This time the Castigator singles out the biggest boar in sight and hounds him into a gratifyingly slimy slough. The tale has an obscure hero, another Lewisian lie-hunter who, to purge the last bitter dregs of pity and fear, gets his gentle eyes and mouth whipped to a black pulp by the K. K. K. before he is released. But the boar is the chief sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books 1927: ELMER GANTRY, MRS. DALLOWAY, MAGIC MOUNTAIN | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...America's Cup wallows in a slough of bickering

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Do the Rules Now Rule the Waves? | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...look for 17 points from me every night," the Philadelphia native said. But he's not going to disappear altogether from the box score, either "Teams tend to slough off on me too much and that hurts the other guys...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Cagers Overturn Brandeis, 97-68, As White Nets Career-High 17 Points | 2/16/1983 | See Source »

Daytime is a disaster area at the network; the Today show and NBC Nightly News continue to lose ground to the competition; and NBC's prime-time ratings are still in the slough, with only one show in the top 20 (18th-ranked Hill Street Blues, which Silverman had commissioned from Source: MTM), and twelve in the bottom 20. Still, the network is attracting more trend-setting urban viewers with shows like the dramatic musical series Fame. This "narrowcasting" approach may win NBC an unusual distinction: it could become the first boutique network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Troubled Times for the Networks | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...Eligius Hospital in Boston-known, not always with affection, as St. Elsewhere-is located near Cheers, but it is a safe bet that its local police force could be the Hill Street Blues. NBC's Hill Street Blues, fractured and jazzy, seems to be stuck in a slough of self-admiration at the moment, but it set a style for television drama that St. Elsewhere is emulating with considerable success. The new show is populated by a floating rep company of actors, including William Daniels and the extraordinary Ed Flanders, that may be the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Long Reach and Shortfall | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

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