Word: soapboxes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last week, the New York City Council again mounted its legislative soapbox, overreaching into the private lives of the Big Apple’s citizens as it has been disturbingly wont to do of late. Yesterday’s target? iPod-wearing pedestrians. Today’s? Free speech...
...animal-derived or genetically modified ingredients. So far, so much like other laudable products on sale at your local health store. But the difference with McCartney, who from the beginning of her fashion career a decade ago has used her fame as Beatle Paul's designing daughter as a soapbox for her principles, is that Care is also unashamedly glamorous...
...1920s, radio began to turn back to the recorded album in an attempt to save itself. At first, it seemed, the answer to radio’s problems was music and the public’s faith in a reliable DJ. The burgeoning record industry found its own personal soapbox in DJs who championed new releases.And, for the most part, the format worked. Martin Block, Alan Freed, and John Peel rose to national fame for their good taste and innovative programming. They simultaneously served as tastemakers and barometers for the listening public. At least that was the going logic until...
...want our editorial page to be more than a soapbox for the Crimson’s writers; we strive to make it a forum for our entire readership. We urge you to write to us with your own ideas—opinions of your own that you would like to see in print, or thoughts about how we might improve the page and its content. And if you see anything amiss on the page, such as factual errors, please let us know. You can send any feedback, whether you’d like it to be published...
...seasons--three times or so the length of the Korean "police action" it was set in--this sitcom had time to be many shows. It was a political satire, a searing medical drama, a Marx Brothers--like comedy, a tense war comedy, a sex farce and a liberal soapbox. But from its acerbic early years to its earnest latter seasons (starring--above, from left--Alan Alda, Harry Morgan and Mike Farrell), it was a tour de force of TV writing. This 36-disc set offers it all, plus documentaries, a trivia game and the 1970 movie by the late Robert...