Word: spinnings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Goobily Goop" Grady, Fred Sanford's sidekick on the 1970s hit sitcom Sanford and Son; in Atlanta, Ga. At 42, Mayo was offered one episode's work on the Redd Foxx series but became a mainstay of the show for the next five years, even spawning a short-lived spin-off, Grady...
Although the sample was small - TPS has 1 million users and only a tiny fraction of viewers ended up taking a trial spin - the campaign shows the promise of interactive advertising. Says Olivier Danan, Opel France's marketing director: "The potential is huge, once more people are connected and people are able to interact quickly with ads." The London office of tech consultancy Jupiter MMXI predicts that European remote-control purchases via interactive TV will jump from $639 million this year to $10 billion by 2005. Advertising is not only getting more interactive but moving from a scattershot approach...
...Therefore, as the spin construes it, Jeffords' defection means little. Good riddance. A piece on National Review Online refers to Jeffords as RuPaul...
Senator George Mitchell may have hoped to help engineer an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire; instead, his report into Mideast violence has started a new spin war. And Israel has had the better of the opening volleys. By ordering his troops to avoid firing unless their lives were threatened, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon achieved three important effects: He complied with Washington's request that Israel make the first gesture towards implementing the Mitchell Report by declaring a unilateral cease-fire; he made the Palestinians look like the spoilers for deriding that gesture; and he has drawn the focus of discussion away...
...upscale) existing lineup, the network rolled out a mere 4 1/2 hours of new programming - three sitcoms and three dramas - asking advertisers instead to focus on "The West Wing" ("The most upscale show on any network!") and "Law and Order" and their jewel-encrusted white-collar audiences. The spin was, of course, that the network lineup was so solid that it needed little tinkering...