Mr. DiGia and other members of the league find themselves once again calling for an end to war, this time while a nonstop television program called "Operation Iraqi Freedom" mesmerizes much of the country.
Lille, designated as one of 2004's European Cities of Culture (Genoa is the other), is living up to this honor with blockbuster exhibitions, a nonstop performance program and art installations in unexpected places across the city, suburbs, and outlying Flanders region.
They are also clearly knocked out by the energy of popular culture in New York, particularly the radio, on which nonstop pop programming and the welter of competing commercial stations was entirely unlike what they were used to at home.
Dougherty remembers that he could already see the roots of a Trick 'r Treat cult at that very first screening, at the very end of a nonstop 24 hour program.
To implement the program before Nonstop, he would have had to hire more pharmacists.
In the midst of two weeks of what feels like nonstop Sept. 11-related programming, it's hard not to feel overwhelmed.
During her three years in the program, Sister Linenkugel studied nonstop, over holidays and on weekends, late at night and early in the morning -- while working full time at the hospital.
Indeed, Bloomberg executives contend that their programming -- essentially nonstop commentary on financial markets and corporate developments -- is more popular than CNBC's.
And Mr. Obama's supporters are already talking about Mr. Romney's comments nonstop; on Monday's cable TV programs, liberal hosts and guests mocked the remarks all day long.
The NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 recently launched "Chicago Nonstop," hyper-local news and lifestyle programming on one of its digital channels in an effort to attract even more local viewers.
