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...entertainment programming is valuable because it's free and uncommercial. But tax money aside, nothing is free here--just look at the pledge drives, the corporate crypto ads, and the costume dramas aimed at aging, risk-averse members' fat wallets. PBS has taken a few chances, like the fine edu-reality series Frontier House and the well-meaning if melodramatic Hispanic drama American Family. But you can't remake Forsyte without inviting the question: Thirty-three years later, is PBS still worth...
...Association Cup last season, they are now on a run of 27 unbeaten league games. Frenchman Wenger has an enviable ability to spot talent, get it cheaply and nurture it. His buys of French players like Thierry Henry, Sylvain Wiltord and Robert Pires, Swedish star Freddie Ljungberg and Brazilians Edu and Gilberto Silva have fashioned a side that has supplanted Manchester United as the most exciting team to watch, and at a fraction of the cost. Where United paid nearly $47 million for one defender, Rio Ferdinand, Wenger snapped up Henry, Pires, Ljungberg and captain Patrick Vieira for less than...
...more info, visit www.ucsf. edu or www.niddk.gov
...MORRIS CHANG Born in mainland China and edu-cated in the U.S., Chang, 70, is credited with creating Taiwan's semiconductor industry. The firm he founded in 1987, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, has become a global leader, building microchips for everything from PCs to cell phones while leaving the design to others. This approach has freed small chip designers from having to build their own factories, resulting in more competition and innovation. Despite the global tech slump, Chang just announced a $20 billion expansion...
...Crimson staff writer Kate L. Rakoczy can be reached at rakoczy@fas.harvard. edu...