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...Judgment call, Wetlaufer underlines the fact that ethic aren't absolute. Promises and morals depend on how big, how important a particular story is. Wetlaufer has done reporters and editors around the country a kindness by raising these questions in the form of a thrilling novel instead of a dry essay in Neiman Reports. (No offense to Neiman Reports, which I read cover to cover...
Many South Africans soothed their fears by repeating the comforting aphorism that "there is no alternative to negotiations." The talks will probably resume once the tensions caused by Boipatong cool. But a successful conclusion to the talks may depend as much on whether blacks and whites can break out of their separate worlds. In a sermon after the massacre, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said, "I hope, somewhere, somehow, it will sink into the consciousness of most of our white fellow South Africans that we are human beings who cry when our children die." As long...
...which carries 10 warheads. Yeltsin demands as a quid pro quo that the U.S. dismantle its fleet of multiple-warhead Trident submarine-based missiles. After a final meeting with U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev reported "good progress" but added that "the rest will depend on our Presidents...
...most important questions for the coming decade is whether this new trend of regionalization ends up being compatible with globalization. The answer will depend largely on whether GATT continues to nudge the world toward one giant free-trade zone. If GATT survives, the odds are better that regionalism will give way to transregionalism, just as nationalism has already given way to transnationalism in Western Europe. If, however, GATT dies, the opposite could happen: the temptation to form regional clubs could, over time, supplant and undermine global cohesion. Europe, North America and East Asia may evolve into three internally open...
...make a deal. Another way of reducing risk is to depend on proven hitmakers. CBS and ABC in particular have signed a number of top creators to ! exclusive long-term deals. These favored producers not only are virtually assured of getting their shows on the air; they seem to have a lock on the best time periods as well. Diane English's new CBS comedy Love and War, for example, will have the all-but-foolproof spot following English's current hit, Murphy Brown. Hearts Afire, the new series from Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, will also get an enviable time period...