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Margie Reedy, who has hosted the “NewsNight” interview program on New England Cable News for the past seven years, said she plans to produce a documentary that examines the influence of a new breed of “contentious” talk shows—exemplified by Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” and CNBC’s “Hardball” —on political debate...
...establish marine reserves--areas of ocean where fishing is off limits for a while so the vanishing species can catch its breath and rebuild its ranks. Such a strategy works for imperiled commercial fish and could work for sharks too, although it would take more time because sharks breed relatively slowly...
...lose its appeal. IBM's strategy "is an acknowledgment that the very technology it has been peddling all these years has been tremendously complex and expensive," says Barry Goffe, a group manager at Microsoft. Palmisano is quick to fire back at rivals, who have pushed their expensive, "best of breed" tech solutions to hapless customers. "The so-called pure plays were supposed to kill integrated players like IBM every day," he says. "But their model didn't fulfill the economic promises it made...
...agitation among the managers of its stores, who have traditionally been granted considerable independence in stocking what locals want. And consumers get bored by one-size-fits-all merchandise. Says Ira Kalish, an analyst for consultancy Retail Forward, in a mostly bullish report on Wal-Mart: "Excessive size could breed bureaucracy as well as failures in the areas of merchandising and customer relations...
...face a dilemma: should they continue to segregate these kids after they have been rehabilitated, or return them to mainstream classrooms despite the risk that the bad habits and old pressures that originally contributed to their problems will resurface? Many youngsters are eager to escape the ostracism of this breed of alternative ed. "A lot of kids and parents see it as one step away from being in jail," says Sunshine Sepulveda-Klus, who coordinates alternative-education programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District. "We've worked hard to change that impression, but there will always be that stigma...