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Whether Prince Abdullah accepts that there is a cultural problem or just thinks he needs to improve his p.r. with the West, he has begun to address his country's reputation for chauvinism. TV's Channel 1, which like all Saudi media is state controlled, has begun to air a program called War on Terrorism. It has featured footage of the Sept. 11 and May 12 attacks as well as old speeches by Saudi leaders urging respect for foreign countries. In an effort to cool the rhetoric in Saudi mosques, authorities say they have arrested nine militant clerics...
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...company, but as the economy starts to get better, you would rather have something that has some economic sensitivity to it. You would rather own a Merrill Lynch or a Morgan Stanley than you would a bank. Over the intermediate term, I like media stocks, like Viacom and Clear Channel, Univision. In retail, I like Target and Best Buy. Wal-Mart will be O.K. I like Citigroup...
Lies caused a stir this summer when News Corporation’s Fox News Channel sued to have their trademark phrase “Fair and Balanced” and the image of the channel’s commentator, Bill O’Reilly, removed from the book’s cover. Penguin books, Franken’s publisher, accelerated the launch of the book to capitalize on the publicity surrounding the suit...
...selling memoir, but this fall her low-key successor, Laura Bush, will be taking her own modest turn in the public eye. Normally publicity shy, the First Lady is raising her profile over the coming weeks, appearing in Ladies' Home Journal, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar and on the Lifetime channel. The former librarian will emphasize her signature issues--reading and teaching--and spend some time raising awareness about a topic that's new to her agenda: heart disease...