Word: conduits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Berkeley's listener-supported FM station KPFA, which has been used by the S.L.A. as a conduit for messages, also complied. Oakland's KDIA, an AM station catering to the black community, has broadcast almost all the S.L.A. statements. Says News Director Ray Wills: "We thought it incumbent on us to follow the instructions." Ironically, leftist and underground papers have generally printed very little unedited S.L.A. propaganda...
...pressing me beyond my recollection. I want to be very clear that I do not regard myself as being involved in this thing other than when circumstances made me a conduit...
That statement indicates not naiveté but subtle strategy. The Arabs fully appreciate that Rotterdam is the critical conduit for oil to Northern Europe. By singling out the Dutch, they are able to menace all of Europe while officially punishing only one nation. By allowing the continued-though significantly reduced-flow of oil through the Dutch port, they prevent total European collapse (which they do not want) while gaining more efficient control over that flow than if they had to track down where each barrel of their oil is going. Just as easily as they wink at the subterfuge, they...
...hopes to expand its audience by getting the Advertising Council, which serves as a conduit for public service ads on major broadcast networks, to accept some of its promotions for placement. Despite low salaries, PIC staffers remain enthusiastic about their work. Says Stermer: "It beats hell out of selling soap...
...more than six months public broadcasting has been embattled by an attempt by the Nixon Administration to gain veto power over all programs. The Administration's instrument has been the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an independent Government board that used to be little more than a conduit for the limited federal funds devoted to public TV. But after Nixon appointees gained a majority on the board last fall, the CPB suddenly took on a new purpose. It not only withheld funds for many public-affairs programs but also demanded the power to kill privately financed programs that would...