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...want to look back at an easier, simpler time." At least it did then, when U.S. planes were pounding Afghanistan and Americans were opening their utility bills with latex gloves. Now it may be the networks who are hankering for an easier, simpler time. Sept. 11 caused a brief return to their glory days, as viewers swelled the ratings of familiar sitcoms and network newscasts. But today the networks are bleeding viewers to cable again (one April Saturday, more people watched the Learning Channel's home-design show Trading Spaces than did ABC's fare...
...brief item describing militant Middle Eastern organizations [WORLD, April 8] included information on the group Islamic Jihad in which we identified its head, Ramadan Shallah, incorrectly as "a former Florida State University professor." Shallah taught at the University of South Florida...
RECOVERING. ROBERT ATKINS, 71, diet doctor and author of the controversial high-protein-, high-fat-, low-carb-promoting Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution; from cardiac arrest related to cardiomyopathy, a heart infection unrelated to diet; after a brief hospitalization; in New York City...
...caller reported confronting an individual who stole a handbag. After a brief investigation, an HUPD officer discovered that the incident was a misunderstanding and the situation was resolved...
...eighth, senior third baseman Nick Carter crushed a one-out double to right-center, putting the tying run in scoring position. For a brief moment, it looked as though Harvard would tie the game when San Salvador ripped a line drive down the left field line. Unfortunately for the Crimson, Dartmouth’s third-baseman Eddie Lucas was in perfect position to catch the liner, allowing Dartmouth to get out of the inning unscathed...