Word: droppingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Crime is the one arena where prime time drops its Panglossian pose to pander to public hysteria. This is not to argue that the narcotics squad on Nasty Boys should instead pursue jaywalkers or that the cops on Hunter should stop shouting, "Freeze. Police. Drop the gun!" O.K., so you cannot have detective shows without serious crime. But why are sitcoms also menaced by a crime wave that resembles New York City during a blackout? In this single week, there was an interracial team of angry drug dealers on A Different World, a psychotic killer rudely intruding on an office...
...total immersion in such prime-time platitudes, other smaller, less socially significant mysteries remain. Why was Grace, the tall, blond judge on L.A. Law, the only person allowed to voice the all-American sentiment that she hates her job? What happened to all the neighbors who used to drop by for coffee on all the sitcoms, and why have they been replaced by work groups? Why are there so few good meals and so many bad restaurants on television? Why are there no nostalgia shows reprising the '50s or '70s? And how about the biggest puzzle: What ever happened...
While the demand for exotic loaves is increasing, standard white bread has seen its share of total consumption drop from more than 80% in 1972 to around 55% today. Large commercial producers, like Continental Baking Co. (makers of Wonder bread), Campbell Taggart and Flowers Industries, turn out dozens of "variety" blends, rife with cracked wheat, whole grain and oat bran. Many supermarkets even sell fresh-out-of-the-oven loaves from their own in-house bakeries. (Shoppers may not realize that many of these hot breads are prepared from frozen or pre-packaged mixes.) But it is the small, local...
...forced to sell Saks as well as the Chicago-based Marshall Field's chain as part of a strategy to fend off a hostile takeover bid led by Sir James Goldsmith, the Anglo-French raider. In an abrupt turnaround early last week, the takeover artist said he would drop his pursuit of B.A.T. But with the Saks sale already in motion and bids running high, the British company went through with the transaction two days later...
...more fun. Originally created for Olympic cyclists and now available to recreational riders, these faster, lighter vehicles incorporate such features as composite- fiber frames, three-spoke wheels, hydraulic brakes and automatic gearshifts. High-tech models can run well over $1,000 in the U.S., but the price should drop as production increases. A survey of how bikes are changing...