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...Alex P. Keaton. People tuning in to “Family Ties” repeats are nostalgic not merely for legwarmers and Watergate humor, but for the boy Fox once was. Alex’s eagerness to grow up is now steeped in tragic irony, as his real-life counterpart is stricken with Parkinson’s disease, an disorder that usually afflicts people decades older...
Crothers equaled his Eagle counterpart with 22 saves...
...most at stake in the Super Bowl? Forget Rams coach Mike Martz or Pats counterpart Bill Belichick, each of whom has never won a Super Bowl as head coach. The guy with the most riding on this game is Frankie Muniz, the star of FOX's TV comedy "Malcolm in the Middle." That's the show the network will air directly following the game, meaning Malcolm and his family will benefit from the same flood of extra viewers that helped CBS' "Survivor II: The Australian Outback" become the most popular entertainment program of 2001. With the stakes so high, "Malcolm...
...Agra, the two leaders looked ready to achieve a historic meeting of minds. The determined general and the affable poet-politician practically embraced as they showered each other with compliments. Vajpayee called Musharraf a "distinguished son of Delhi" (where he was born), and the Pakistani leader dubbed his counterpart India's "graceful elder." They parleyed in private for hours while aides anxiously waited outside the door. But the bonhomie ran aground on Kashmir when they could not agree even on whether to call it a "dispute," as Musharraf demanded, or an "issue," as Vajpayee insisted. The summit collapsed. When Musharraf...
...reduction in maids' salaries would make a dent in the Philippines, where remittances from workers abroad contribute $6 billion to the local economy. News of the proposed wage adjustment had Philippine labor minister Patricia Santo Thomas rushing to the territory in defense of her countrymen and women. (Her Indonesian counterpart will visit next month.) Hong Kong Manpower Secretary Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun told her the decision would be made according to three factors: the rise and fall of the economy, wages of comparable workers, and unspecified "political considerations...