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...flourished and grown rich behind U.S. defense cordons, both countries quailed at the call to arms. War with Iraq? The wolf that ate Kuwait was not at their door. Deterring aggression? Bonn's attitude amounted to "Let George do it." Standing fast by a security partner? Washington found it apt that Tokyo is ringing in the Year of the Sheep...
...remember the adversarial days of Vietnam, lament the meekness with which the press seems to have acceded to the Pentagon's control of the war story. The public, however, does not appear to have much sympathy for that view -- at least not yet. "In a war, people are apt to feel that the press is being too pushy and that it ought to be less intrusive, more 'on the team,' " says Marvin Kalb, a former CBS and NBC diplomatic correspondent who heads the Barone Center at Harvard. "I think that's a perfectly natural human reaction...
...Harvard men's basketball team was inactive for a period of 17 days and 20 minutes. The 17 days can be attributed to reading and exam periods. The additional 20 minutes is an apt description of the Crimson's lethargy during the first half of last night's game against New Hampshire...
...justifiably, high. It's amazing how a little gloom can paralyze you. Meet new people? Work for free when you've just been laid off? You may not feel like it. First things first, after all. Yet, far from interfering with your job search, a volunteer job is apt to buoy your spirits -- possibly even teach you new skills or establish new contacts -- and thus enhance your prospects...
...disappointing fall for the Big Three networks, but they learned some valuable lessons. For example: while most viewers like cop shows and enjoy a good song, they definitely have no patience for singing cops. Also: even well-done family sitcoms, like NBC's Parenthood, are apt to get lost in the current oversupply of cute TV clans. And pouring big money into shows to compete with CBS's Sunday-night powerhouse 60 Minutes is a fruitless exercise. NBC, at least, seems to have learned that lesson: in February it will introduce Sunday Best, a shamelessly cost-efficient variety show that...