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...says he then floated for 2,500 miles, living at first on a two-month supply of rice, beans, tomatoes and water, then on rainwater, tuna and turtles, until he was rescued by a warship. Attention, network executives: heartwarming tale of perseverance against the odds, right in your own backyard...
...British are characteristically phlegmatic about terrorism—we have, after all, lived with it in our own backyard for over 30 years. Nevertheless, there does appear to be a remarkable consensus across public opinion and amongst politicians, that the easy fusion in the minds of the present American administration between terrorism and so-called “rogue” states, is not as simple or as rational as Richard Perle would have us all believe. The vast majority also believe that it is the U.N. that should decide on military action, not President Bush, aided and abetted...
...only will ordinary folks watch a show that demands constant attention, resists easy closure, relies on subtext and is rich with metaphor--they will pay near usurious subscription fees for it. In one new episode, Tony sees squirrels eating the feed he left out for ducks in his backyard. The scene harks back to the 1999 pilot, in which a family of ducks landed in the Soprano pool, leading to Tony's first panic attack (they triggered anxieties about his family). Broadcast networks increasingly believe it's highfalutin to air dramas like 24 that require viewers to remember what happened...
...upswing. And now trampolines are a hit not just with kids but also with exercise-conscious baby boomers and teen snowboarders. "Sports right now are aerial--the higher the better," says Lani Loken-Dahle, a trampoline instructor at the University of Oregon. The AAP still frowns on backyard bouncing, but nearly 700,000 trampolines were sold last year. --By Rebecca Winters
...summer scare last year was shark attacks. This year it's West Nile virus--a threat that is in some ways more frightening because you don't have to go near the water to get hurt. Death this summer is being spread by mosquitoes hatched in our backyard. The infestation, first reported in the U.S. in New York City in 1999, has reached nearly every state east of the Rockies. Seven people, all in Louisiana, have died so far this year, and health officials believe that an eighth man, who died in Mississippi last week, was infected. Neighbors have practically...