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...certainly want to infuse our show with all of those character traits and mood-defining emotions,” Schur writes. “At the same time, the British show ran for 12 episodes, total, over two years, so they could afford to really jump right in and develop that heart-wrenching pathos immediately...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How Harvard Remade ‘The Office’ | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

...considered. The overriding priority of the new government is to prove that it is independent of the U.S. It's going to face increasing pressure to ask the Americans to leave - even though it still needs them for its own security. The last thing the new Iraqi leadership can afford to be seen doing is snapping to attention when Don Rumsfeld barks commands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rumsfeld's Baghdad Worries | 4/13/2005 | See Source »

There are more practical reasons for a joint mission. Neither nation alone can easily afford the estimated $40 billion price tag. And even that figure is conservative; it assumes the existence of the $10 billion orbiting U.S. space station, now scheduled for completion around 1992, which will be used as a platform to assemble and launch the Mars-bound rocket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Humans to Mars? Why Not? | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

From his dusty work yard in the northwest Massachusetts hamlet of Hancock (colonial, of course, incorporated in 1776), Babcock has mapped virtually every colonial barn standing, or collapsing, in New England. Racing against mildew and termites, he buys more barns than he can afford from farmers glad to be rid of debris. "It's bad business, but I don't know how to stop," he explains without remorse. "I'm barn rich, cash poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New England: A Barn Is Reborn | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...week business now," says B. Donald ("Bud") Grant, president of CBS Entertainment. Some industry observers wonder whether the networks can afford to churn out new programming year round. Replies Grant: "The question is: Can we afford not to? If we can improve the viewer level, it's worth it." Brandon Tartikoff, NBC's programming chief, agrees: "I think if we get more aggressive in the summer, it's going to pay back big dividends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Trying to Beat the Summer Blahs | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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