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Zelnick acknowledges that that's a minority view in the news business. What most journalists are trying to take away from the debacle is a clearer sense of how best to report the news. It appears that some lessons, basic as they might be, need to be relearned. As a chastened Whitaker told TIME, "You have to be prepared to defend the accuracy of everything that appears in the magazine--no matter how short." --With reporting by Sean Gregory and Barbara Kiviat/New York and John F. Dickerson and Douglas Waller/ Washington
...will offer prospects a 15-month enlistment option, instead of the usual two- to six-year hitch they're currently asked to sign. But will the shorter stint really solve the Army's recruiting woes? For one thing, those 15 months come only after the recruit has completed basic and advanced individual training, which can take another three to six months depending on the job a recruit is headed for. Charles Moskos, a military sociologist at Northwestern University, argues the Army should make the commitment 15 months total, coupled with generous education benefits, and market it to a group...
...were unanimous [that one of the] basic principles is that the way you make Allston integral to a new Harvard would be to have an undergraduate presence there,” said Graham, who co-chaired the task force with Scalise. “Without [it], Allston is being set up to be a satellite...
...another survivor from his special-forces team--seems to give him license to act as a great counterweight to the misty-eyed patriotism of West Point. He was recruited to teach international relations--and the realities of war. "Major Amerine doesn't sugarcoat anything," says Cadet Jonathan Lum. "His basic lesson is, There's a percentage of you that will...
...name them--have gone smoothly. But according to U.S. cable operators and cable-television executives, the limited number of slots are nearly full for all-news channels on major U.S. satellite systems, and it will not be easy for al-Jazeera International to find a place on so-called basic-tier cable packages either. "There are not many of us out there, but it is very, very competitive for distribution, advertising and, of course, audiences," says Richard Sambrook, director of BBC World Service and Global News Division. But, he adds, "al-Jazeera has deep pockets, and therefore they are going...