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...weekly whose parent company also owns the National Enquirer and Weekly World News, that may be a distinction akin to being the grande dame of the whorehouse. In this week's issue, the Star (circ. 3.2 million) purports to describe the bedroom romps of Kirstie Alley ("Kirstie Alley: I Lured Men by Promising 3-in-a-Bed with Mimi Rogers") and the psychological torments of Julie Andrews ("Julie Andrews: Sound of Music Drove Me to Shrink"). For many readers, tabloids are nothing more than the print equivalent of candy bars -- fun but insubstantial. But when it comes to his cover...
...Cosa Nostra as a whole, Gravano's decision is the latest blow in a decade's worth of prosecutions and internal backstabbings. While some experts foresee the Mob's impending collapse, the situation may be more akin to the wave of turbulence and consolidation facing the legitimate side of U.S. industry. Four of the five New York families that dominate the national network are in such disarray that "there is talk of mergers and acquisitions," says William Doran, who runs the FBI's criminal division in New York. The fireworks may produce unusual new alliances, but Doran declares that...
...reasoned scholarship, together with a dash of compassion and a hint of counselling, not to get at the Truth, or even to advance in dialogue toward a more comprehensive understanding, but rather as a weapon, a blunt instrument, with which to beat a discussion into submission. The piece is akin to an intellectual mugging, and all the more disturbing as the dirty deed is done in the name of Western civilization and in behalf, in part, of the Christian Church...
Some critics are not so sure. While conceding that interactive multimedia may prove useful in helping students visualize abstract concepts in physics or math, many fear that the tools of multimedia will turn the traditional educational experience into something more akin to television. Author Steven Levy, writing in Macworld magazine, insists that the ability to express oneself in words and to understand the words of others is essential to the process of thinking. "But multimedia laughs at that objection," he writes, "because multimedia, like television, is designed to entertain, at the cost of thinking...
...continued to press for a couple of minutes, but Harvard quickly regained its poise. Terriers' mistakes led to a series of Harvard corners. Giving Harvard corner opportunities late in the game is akin to committing suicide. On the second corner play, Kristen Fowler blasted her trademark cannon through an opening between a motionless goalie and defender...