Word: spans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explore issues thoroughly, without the headlong rush against the clock that was, in part, Dan Rather's problem with George Bush. With Firing Line, William F. Buckley Jr. has done a pioneer's work in civilizing discussion on television. But the temptations of television -- spectacle, flash, the short attention span, the sensationalism of the irrational -- are hard to resist. At its worst, television journalism is a form of cartooning, and lately the cartoon style has become more popular...
...Cincinnati, San Francisco and Seattle, and no application has ever been denied. But Detroit presents an unusual case. By far the biggest consolidation ever proposed (worth $300 million in annual advertising and circulation revenues), the Detroit J.O.A. would last for an initial term of 100 years, twice the life-span of most others. The result, warns Michigan State Senator John F. Kelly, would be a dangerous precedent. "If the J.O.A. is approved in Detroit," he declares, "there's no way any other J.O.A. in any other city in the country could be denied...
Harvard has not won a 'Pot since 1981 (when goalie Wade Lau carried the Crimson to glory), and has not won an opening round game in that same span. Harvard's only tournament experience this year has come in the form of the Long Island Classic, in which the Crimson finished fourth...
...political groupies who now inundate the Savery Hotel. James Barnes, chief political reporter for the National Journal, sought out a "typical" Republican home in Des Moines to witness the reaction to the debate of the candidates a fortnight ago. When he arrived, a crew from the C- SPAN network was in the living room, and one from a local station soon rolled up. The housewife loved it all, a newly crowned media queen...
...with a gold-colored coin bearing the likeness of Christopher Columbus. The change would boost business for vending machines and could help the blind distinguish a dollar from larger denominations. It would also save money: coins last 13 times as long as the average greenback's 18- month life-span...