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...Things went wrong and are continuing to go wrong under President Bush's management of both global and domestic affairs in large part because the press has not done its job well. Now, journalists who should have done some serious investigative work five years ago are playing catch-up. How much responsibility for this turmoil are the subservient and compliant media prepared to accept? The press alone is not to be blamed for the crisis, but it has connived too readily in its own debasement. Javed Akbar Markham, Canada...
...started to do now. Things went wrong in large part because the press has not done its job well. Now, as the U.S. gets mired in Iraq and is becoming increasingly unpopular in the world, journalists who should have done some serious investigative work five years ago are playing catch...
When an industry leader like Toyota succeeds by going green, its rivals take notice--as Ford's and General Motors' frenzied game of catch-up demonstrates. But the impact reaches beyond the fight for market share. The mega-retailer Wal-Mart has pushed a slew of high-profile environmental initiatives over the past year, including the construction of experimental green stores in Texas and Colorado and the launch of a campaign to sell ultraefficient compact fluorescent bulbs to 100 million homes. The real power of Wal-Mart to drive environmental change, however, rests in its sheer size, by which...
...hockey team fell short, 3-2, against the Huskies last night at the Freitas Ice Forum.“UConn came out flying and played a tremendous game,” coach Katey Stone said. “We came out of the gates slowly and had to play catch-up the majority of the game. We just didn’t have an inspired effort [last night].”Although both the Crimson (11-2-0, 9-1-0 ECAC) and the Huskies (11-4-1, 7-1-1 Hockey East) still hold first place in their respective...
...little sick and tired of the shots in the third period, and saying ‘Oh, jeez, that’s so close,” Donato added. “That’s a losing mentality. That’s catch-up hockey, losing hockey...