Word: tele
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this is in keeping with tele" vision's now standard formula of adapting a hefty bestseller to the small screen by silhouetting a pair of lovers against a grand historical tapestry. While the costumes and scenery may change, the heavy breathing remains the same; just exchange George Washington's tricornered hat for a turban. Unlike film, the mini-series is capable of infinite horizontal extension, and The Far Pavilions sometimes seems to be even longer and more convoluted than the elaborate wedding procession that snakes its way across the Indian countryside. Yet in the end, the journey yields...
...news organizations had at least one, but there were no scoops to be had. Even if there had been, it would have been no easy trick to get them swiftly back home. The U.S. bombing around St. George's knocked out a transmission center, severing cable and tele phone facilities. In order to send their stories, reporters had to hop a military plane back to Barbados...
What the principals stressed about their work for the screen was not art--or accuracy Anderson, who is 20-years old, is a veteran of nine of these tele-movies in her 12-year career. Her reason for doing "The Freshman Year" is simple: "The fact is, it's very commercial, and I knew I would be foolish not to," she said, dangling a cigarette between takes last week...
Since there is no public market for these stocks until the offering, the entrepreneurs behind the ventures have no accurate yardstick for measuring what they, or their companies, are worth. Finding out is likely to be a pleasant experience for K. Philip Hwang, 46, chairman of Tele Video Systems Inc., and Allen Paulson, 60, chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Their companies are among the 145 now in registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for first-time offerings. Preliminary prospectuses show that, at the prices anticipated by the underwriters, Hwang and Paulson will soon be worth about half a billion...
...jeopardize the en tire package. Said one participant at the meeting: "Our main concern is to keep anyone from trying to pull their money out. We are writing the book on how it's done on this one." As the talks wore on, members were in almost constant tele phone contact with Mexico's Finance Secretary Jesús Silva Herzog. During breaks, the financiers grabbed quick meals at a nearby 24-hour restaurant...