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...editors decided that an alphabetical collection of unrelated articles -the traditional Britannica format since the first edition in 1771-was no longer adequate in an era of explosive growth in human knowledge. What was needed was a completely new design that would permit continual additions and changes, and at the same time satisfy more effectively the three separate needs of Britannica users: 1) to get at the facts, or a single fact, quickly and easily; 2) to discover the meaning of the facts; and 3) to review entire fields of learning...
...series format will resemble the BBC's highly successful "Civilisation" and "America" productions, which have been shown on American television...
Since then, Fox, 61, has been the world's busiest solo organist. He gives some 80 concerts a year, carrying his Bach crusade from Westminster Abbey to high school auditoriums in towns like Altoona, Pa. About half his performances conform to a strictly classical format, and half, given in conjunction with David Snyder's Revelation Lights, are informal lecture-concerts, for which he gets from $6,000 to $8,000 per appearance. "This music is pure uninhibited rhythmic soaring," he tells his listeners. "If you get in the stream, you are off! Get ready!" Four...
Lord said yesterday the News Office has been "thinking for about half a year about finding a better format for the meetings." The conferences now include members of most University publications, and are held on a scheduled, monthly basis...
Bruck seems nearly to adopt the tone and format of Stone's paper. The movie is compressed, ironic, a little crude in style, but vigorous and cutting in its anger. Stone used to box off conflicting quotations or incidental insights for ironic illustrative effect in the news letter, and Bruck does something similar here. He shows Stone making a general point about the dangers of newsmen getting chummy with their sources, then cuts away to a scene of Ron Ziegler playing tennis with an ABC correspondent, while Tricia Nixon looks on. He shows Stone elaborating on the general slipperiness...