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...edge. Advocates of media collaboration with the government like to point to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the major news media held back reports that might have affected negotiations. They conveniently omit, of course, that if the media hadn't shown the same deference when they knew the Bay of Pigs invasion was coming, they might have averted that fiasco and helped the U.S.-Cuba-USSR relationship that eventually led up to the missile crisis. Besides, as much as readers and viewers hate an aggressive media that seems to be stirring up trouble, in the long run - and more deeply...
...From Jiang's point of view, the U.S. is doing little to help him keep the hard-liners at bay. Indeed, the Bush administration's consideration of Taiwan's request to buy two sophisticated anti-missile destroyers has put him in a perilous position. Taiwan is a kind of Jerusalem (in the political rather than religious sense) to latter-day Chinese nationalism, and anything perceived as putting the "rebel island" finally beyond China's reach is quite simply intolerable to Beijing...
Junior Caitlyn McCarthy held Harvard at bay, despite scattering baserunners on walks and hits...
...believe” that drilling could be so “innocuous,” with advancing oil technology, the actual surface area which would have to be drilled IS only about three square miles, regardless of what The Crimson wants to believe. Though The Crimson also decries Prudhoe Bay as a polluted mess, Prudhoe Bay development has been successful and responsibility is improving. With strict standards for conservation, the number of caribou in the area have tripled since 1978 and polar bears have been virtually undisturbed...
...bands compete to make the most money on an eight-week tour, the entertainment business becomes entertainment. It's a breed of programming suited to an age when ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY readers and E! watchers are increasingly attuned to the mercantile biz end of show biz. (Is action director Michael Bay over budget? Is Disney chief Michael Eisner the most powerful man in Hollywood?) "Kids today are 10 times more sophisticated about the business than they were even five years ago," says Making the Band executive producer Ken Mok. "People know more about Puffy as an entrepreneur than as an artist...