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...measured by contemporary community standards," but the commission elected to move against only those stations that permitted one of the proscribed words to be uttered on the air at a time of day when children might be listening. Last week, however, the commission announced it will now use the wider definition. Said FCC General Counsel Diane Killory: "The interpretation has been too narrow. We will apply the generic definition and not limit it arbitrarily to seven specific words...
...puts a major, if easy, twist on history in Them: African pilgrims--not Europeans--colonized and settled this country, bringing over European slaves. But instead of letting this not-so-clever premise unfold with some dramatic grace or subtlety, Lee has a narrator explain the wider historical circumstances in deadening detail. Like the rest of the play, this opening lacks the imagination and care that its themes suggest and demand...
David Hockney's Photo-collages: A Wider Perspective--Clarence Kennedy Gallery...
...pervasive spy scandal was an embarrassment for an Administration that has proclaimed its security consciousness and advocated wider use of lie- detector tests among federal employees to protect secrets at home. Administration officials, and the State Department in particular, displayed a curiously casual attitude toward the vulnerability of its embassies to Communist snooping...
...breach between the two leading members of the national- unity government grows wider, but Prime Minister Shamir tells TIME, "We are self- confident, and we know we are on the right track." -- Former President Carter calls for an international peace conference on the Middle East. -- Cheering crowds greet Soviet Leader Gorbachev during a visit to Czechoslovakia...