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General Electric's old advertising slogan--"We bring good things to life"--conjured the comforting glow of a GE light bulb or the hum of a refrigerator. Real stuff. The company's new catchphrase--"Imagination at work"--may soon summon visions of the Hulk or a horse named Seabiscuit. With GE entering talks last week to merge its NBC unit with Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets, the industrial powerhouse has muscled onto a media stage already crowded with Schwarzenegger-size conglomerates. For GE, imagination may soon have to do some heavy lifting...
...matter how imperiled a Karachiite might feel, calling the cops is seldom an option. Too often, the lawmen are part of the problem. "You have to realize," says a land developer, "that police stations have no money, not even to change a light bulb or put gas in their cars." As a result, he says, police stations become "revenue-generating centers" and catching thieves and murderers is a secondary occupation. Police earn money by shaking down prostitution and gambling rings, and they will often demand a bribe even to register a complaint for burglary. A constable's monthly wage...
...George W. Bush effectively secured the nomination after only nine states had voted. Al Gore was the victor after only two primaries. By the time Missouri voted March 7, turnout was just 19%. With a $1 billion budget gap forcing state workers to unscrew every third light bulb to save on electricity, some Missouri legislators say spending $3.7 million on a primary doesn't make sense. Politics is also a consideration. The three states that have canceled their primaries have Republican-controlled legislatures. With Bush assured the G.O.P. nomination, they see no reason to spend millions on a primary that...
...days later, 40 more bomb-stuffed vests were found in an elementary school. The Red Cross had to suspend operations after one worker was killed in cross fire, and there was little use rushing medicine into hospitals that had been stripped by looters to their last light bulb. Even as the other cities toppled--first Kirkuk, then Mosul--there were still people in Iraq who had nothing to do but fight and look for a chance to ambush a soldier with his guard down. From the comfort of their living rooms, Americans watched NBC broadcast a fire fight outside Baghdad...
...officer was dispatched to take a report of a stolen computer projector bulb in a Harvard Medical School building at 180 Longwood...