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...Warner Brothers) movies on demand (in Time Warner cable homes). Or Cablevision, which raised rates in suburban New York by 12 percent last year alone, might slow down on the price hikes. Or they might both sic their lobbyists on Washington - Murdoch will come along for the ride - and bust up the EchoStar-DirecTV union, putting satellite TV back in infighting mode and Vivendi back in the U.S.-distribution minor leagues...
...what they are after is a doggy treat--some essential social or intellectual goal. What they have all realized is that to reach it, sometimes you need to find a subtle and ingenious way to get into the bottle. And sometimes you just have to grab that sucker and bust it wide open...
...while the bust was disturbing, it was hardly unique. After 60 years of building nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors, the world is fairly awash in radioactive slag--from spent fuel rods to medical waste and contaminated tools--much of it held under little if any security in labs, hospitals and factories. Even the high-test weapons-grade material that's supposed to be locked down at military installations is not as secure as it ought to be. Some weapons-storage facilities don't even have video monitors...
...Naruhito and Princess Masako, right, born on Saturday, carries a lot of weight for someone who weighs 6 lbs. and change. Cultural and political observers hoped the royal pair's first child, still unnamed, would help bring the nation out of a funk born of a years-long economic bust. Japanese did celebrate in the streets, but there was a hitch. Under current rules, only a male can be Emperor, and since Naruhito's brother has two daughters, there remains no legal heir to succeed Naruhito on the Chrysanthemum Throne. (Remember, folks, Japan's our ally, so this little gender...
...than ever. She will obviously have access to all that her top notch education has to offer, but without the compulsive need to drop H-bombs at a cocktail party. Antoinette often suffers from the Alice In Wonderland syndrome. She feels too big for a situation and has to bust out, looking for the next best thing. In this case, the next best thing is owning and operating her own publishing firm...