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Original Sin. Perhaps this approach is needed in an age when the universe is seen as a determinist switchboard and man keeps getting a recorded announcement saying the nirvana he has dialed is not a working nirvana. But a little bit of evolution as theater goes a long way. The Hunting Hypothesis is essentially a restaging of one of Ardrey's basic themes: "Man is man, and not a chimpanzee, because for millions upon millions of evolving years we killed for a living." It is a perfectly plausible statement but one that is likely to annoy those who prefer...
...mayor has at his command a car and a driver, three staff positions, a summer job program employing 150-200 boys, an expense account for travel and for wining and dining dignitaries, $1000 more pay than his fellow councilors, free office space, and control over the city hall switchboard...
There are worse problems. After "Squeaky" Fromme's attempted assassination of President Ford, CBS affiliate WTVJ in Miami pre-empted five minutes of Edge of Night for a news program. The station's switchboard was immediately ablaze with calls. NBC Miami affiliate WCKT had a similar experience recently when Barbara Walters Visits the Royal Lovers pre-empted The Doctors and Days of Our Lives. Sighed an employee...
...story Hilton, which is half way between Buckingham Palace and the American embassy, was filled to capacity with late-season tourists. Possibly 100 people were milling around in the lobby when the tragedy took place. Just before noon, a switchboard operator at Associated Newspapers got a call from a man with an Irish accent warning that "a bomb will go off at the Hilton in ten minutes." Squad cars arrived at the hotel, but police were still trying to decide how to clear the area when, according to Anthony Peters, who manages the British Airways desk, "there was an almighty...
Condoms? Befuddled brains adjusted to the first-ever condom commercial on U.S. television. Viewers grabbed their phones. The KNTV switchboard was jammed all night. Unlike the vast majority of stations around the country, KNTV does not adhere to the National Association of Broadcasters' stuffy code of ethics, which bans over-the-counter contraceptive commercials. But it had aired the Trojans ad only after testing it on the station's own employees, including a Jew, a Catholic and a Baptist, all of whom found it inoffensive. After the viewer protests, however, KNTV General Sales Manager Jack Yearwood pulled...