Word: stationed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...station attendant reported that a motor vehicle entered the station, filed up with gas, and then fled without paying...
...deaths of dozens of baby rats aboard the space shuttle Columbia wasn?t warning enough, the crew of Mir risked the ire of animal rights activists Monday -- or rather, amphibian and mollusk rights -- when their latest cargo came in. For the newest residents of the Russian space station are 15 two-year-old Oriental newts, and ?about? 80 snails -- Mir biologist Georgy Samarin being unsure of the precise number of gastropod cosmonauts...
...preservation and protection of animals. On one of our safaris, a duck ran in front of our tram. The guide immediately stopped and enlisted everyone's help in ensuring that the duck had safely crossed before we moved on. In conversations with the folks at the Conservation Station, which provides information on wildlife and rain forests, it became very apparent to us how important these animals are to the staff. Great job, Disney! JOEL and MONICA SENEKER Fresno, Calif...
...past, the public has rewarded stations for pursuing just this kind of story, though typically less bloody ones. "Usually the ratings shoot sky-high, and the viewers use their remote controls and zap from station to station. They watch them," says Perret. Explains Manhattan psychologist Steven Fishman: "A lot of people have pent-up emotions, so it's cathartic for them to observe such violent action." But, says Sissela Bok, an ethicist at Harvard: "That just shows that the lines between news and entertainment have become very blurred." Former TV news producer Derwin Johnson, a professor at the Columbia Graduate...
...market pressure is intense. Most L.A. TV stations have traffic and news helicopters, each costing an average of $1 million a year to lease. Says Kerry Brock of the Media Studies Center in New York City: "Every 15-minute block in which they attract more viewers than the other stations is a bigger sell to advertisers, a bigger pitch and a lead-in to their next newscast at 4 o'clock or 5 o'clock. They're trying to grab and hold on to the channel surfer." And, she adds, "if you're a television station and don't have...