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Conquering a financial crisis
No full textIn 1997, Korea was brought to the verge of economic collapse. Using intensive crisis management and a historic bailout of $21 billion, Korea quickly began to reverse the effects of a buildup of bad banking debt and excessive short-term borrowing. This program examines the measures used to engineer Korea's comeback, such as adjusting interest rates, creating new bank lending practices and encouraging corporate debt reduction.Narrator, Frances Anne Hardin. Camera, Gary Henoch; editor, Tracy Baumgardner; music, World Music Library.In English and Korean with English subtitles
A different kind of care
No full textProduced and directed by Elena Mannes ; writers, Elena Mannes, Bill Moyers ; a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET New York. Host, Bill Moyers. Director of photography, Gregory Andracke ; editor, Nobuko Oganesoff ; music, Michael Small.At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. In this program, veteran PBS journalist Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need. Originally broadcast as part of the PBS mini-series On our own terms, Moyers on dying in 2000
Clios 2000 : gold, silver & bronze winners
No full text[compiled by Clio Awards]This program brings together 2000's winners of the gold, silver, and bronze CLIO Awards. Entries include Levi's "Drugstore," Nike's "The Morning After" and "Beautiful," Bud Light's "Rough Choice," Fatboy Slim's "Praise You," Amazon.com's "Tons of Toys," Pepsi's "Play Acting," Sega's "Apocalypse," Whiskas' "Commercial for Cats," MTV's "Snitch," Toyota Tundra's "More Spectacular," British Airways' "Johnny Foreigner," Pretty Polly Bras' "Ooooh," McDonald's Fish Burger's "Swimming," New Zealand Symphony's "The Riot of Spring," Budget Car Rental's "Aromatherapy," OnHealth.com's "Friends," and Preparation H's "30-Grit.
Making of The peony pavilion
No full textWritten by 16th-century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, The peony pavilion is a 19-hour epic opera in 57 episodes that tells a story of youth and love literally triumphing over death. This program follows director Chen Shi-Zheng and the Shanghai Kunju Opera Troupe in their effort to stage the entire production, an event that had not occurred in nearly four centuries. Coverage of rehearsals, set construction, and costume preparation is combined with interviews with Chen Shi-Zheng and his musical director Zhou Ming.Narrated by Robert Powell.English and Chinese dialogue with English subtitles
Fortieth anniversary reel
No full textShowcases over 100 Clio award winning television commercials which have aired worldwide. Part 1 covers ads airing from the 1950s through the 70s, and includes companies such as Alka-Seltzer, Life Cereal, Coca-Cola, American Tourister, New York State, Timex, British Airways, Cool Whip, Pepto-Bismol, and Xerox. Part 2 covers the 1980s and 1990s, and includes IBM, Apple, Diet Pepsi, Federal Express, Levi's Jeans, Polaroid, Little Caesars, Penn Tennis Balls, and Maxell Audio Tapes.Introduction by Neil French.Features: Commercials by product category
The idealistic HMO : can good care survive the market?
No full textCorrespondent, Hedrick Smith. Producers, Ariadne Allan, David Murdock, Marc Shaffer ; editors, Bill Creed ... [et al.] ; writers, Hedrick Smith ... [et al.].Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith investigates Kaiser Permanente--the largest nonprofit HMO in the U.S.--and its social mission of lifetime care. Although it has pioneered improvements such as mass screening for colon cancer and special team care for patients with diabetes and HIV, Kaiser has also drawn fire for unpopular cost-cutting measures and for allegedly neglecting needy communities
Gymkana Home Show, April 7-8, 2000
No full textVideo footage of the Gymkana troupe's Home Show performance, April 7-8, 200
University of Maryland football punter Brooks Barnard
No full textUniversity of Maryland football punter Brooks Barnard
Keith Unikel, Academic All-American golfer, University of Maryland, 2000
No full textKeith Unikel, Academic All-American golfer, University of Maryland, 2000
Juan Dixon and Steve Blake on basketball court, December 27, 2000
No full textUniversity of Maryland basketball players Juan Dixon (#3) and Steve Blake on court, December 27, 2000