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...bite, where attention spans are conditioned by the quick democracy of the remote control, The Saddam Show was barely worthy of public-access cable, much less prime-time TV. It was no surprise that the major networks ran only brief excerpts, while CNN relegated its full airing of the tape to 1 a.m. Eastern time. "Nobody who understands modern television," said an American intelligence analyst, "would deliver such a tape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The Battle Beckons | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...ratings of any series in PBS history: a score of 9.0 in Nielsen's 24 major markets, equal to 14 million viewers, more than quadruple the public network's usual prime-time audience. Video stores, meanwhile, reported a burst in sales of blank cassettes to people who wanted to tape the episodes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Civil War Comes Home | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...raved Carolyn Randolph, a retired schoolteacher in Livermore, Calif. "But I'm learning so much." Others regarded the show in more personal terms. One New York City woman unearthed an old photo of her great-grandfather, a colonel in the Union Army, and plans to scrutinize the series on tape to try to spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Civil War Comes Home | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...brightest spot of all was the come-from-behind performance of junior Spencer Punter. At the two-mile mark, Punter attacked the rocky terrain, moving from 22nd to third before reaching the tape...

Author: By Sean Becker, | Title: B.C. Harriers Steal Show at GBC's | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

Sophomore Rachel Lewis crossed the tape in18:13, third overall. The next four Crimsonfinishers placed within one minute of Lewis.Freshman Alais Griffin was fifth, while sophomoresEllen Villa, Hollie Moore and Wendy Campbell allfinished...

Author: By Sean Becker, | Title: W. Harriers Clip Brown, Dartmouth | 9/29/1990 | See Source »

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