Word: videos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taken another impressive leap forward, with the U.S. once again expected to be the technological trailblazer. Advances now being explored in American universities and research laboratories could lead to the creation of machines capable of walking, improvising tasks and seeing (some robots can already do this crudely, through computerized video cameras). By then, the robots' masters may have learned how to exploit their wondrous inventions without falling into the kind of painful doldrums that now afflict their once glamorous industry...
...truth, the PBS broadcast was less a debate than a video dating service for Democrats. This image was enhanced by a format that included 90-second filmed autobiographies of each contender. There was something almost comic in the intense friendliness of seven candidates introducing themselves like this: "Hello there. I'm Congressman Dick Gephardt from Missouri. The Gephardt family is here in front of our home in Great Falls...
Since 1980 movie theaters specializing in pornographic fare have been shuttering -- down to about 250 from 700. But porn video is booming. It now accounts for $1 billion in rentals and sales. Indeed, most porn "movies" today are not films but tapes made directly for the bedroom market. From this view, the Reagan counterrevolution in morality looks to be a roaring success: sex is back in the home, where it belongs. The twist is that...
...court, public officials would have to show that a reporter knew the story to be false or showed "reckless disregard of whether it was false." That provision turned out to have some unforeseen negative consequences for media defendants. It has allowed plaintiffs to review journalists' notes, internal memorandums, video-tape outtakes and other raw materials in an effort to reconstruct the entire reporting-and-editing process, adding greatly to the length and complexity of pretrial discovery of evidence...
...What style suited the young Republic? Architects, especially, found new answers in old models. Books: The first commentators on the work of the convention are still among the best. Video: Fairness may now be defined by broadcasters instead of Government. Science: America's performance on metrics does not measure...