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...globalism in the world does not erase (and may in fact intensify) the differences between us. Corporate bodies stress connectedness, borderless economies, all the wired communities that make up our worldwide webs; those in Chechnya, Kosovo or Rwanda remind us of much older forces. And even as America exports its dotcom optimism around the world, many other countries export their primal animosities to America. Get in a cab near the Capitol, say, or the World Trade Center and ask the wrong question, and you are likely to hear a tirade against the Amhara or the Tigreans, Indians or Pakistanis...
Some heavy hitters - some surprising, some not - are lining up behind Bill Clinton's precious China trade bill. On Wednesday George W. Bush went to Boeing and stood with the White House on the bill, declaring "our greatest export is freedom." And Alan Greenspan pitched in with economic arguments on Thursday. But after the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee both tipped overwhelmingly in favor of granting China permanent status as a normal trading partner, TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan says it's hard-core liberal Democrat Charles Rangel who may deserve much of the credit...
...Greenland's overlord, Erik the Red took a cut of virtually everyone's profits from the export of furs and ivory. Material success apparently did not keep Erik and his family content, though; they undoubtedly heard of a voyage by a captain named Bjarni Herjolfsson, who had been blown off course while en route to Greenland from Iceland. After drifting for many days, Bjarni spotted a forested land. But instead of investigating this unknown territory, he turned back and reached Greenland...
...still does both, and its audience appreciates it. Every Briton watches or listens to the BBC an average of more than 40 hours a week. The quality of costume dramas like Pride and Prejudice or science series like the recent Walking with Dinosaurs has made BBC programming an export item worth more than $200 million a year. The corporation has even succeeded in new media--BBC Online is Europe's most-visited information Internet site...
...cornerstone of a significant British audiovisual industry, in which about $6 billion a year is spent on making TV programs that in turn earn some $700 million in export revenues. Says media expert Davis: "In the BBC, Britain probably has one of the most powerful, dynamic and aggressive public-sector businesses anywhere in Europe and maybe in the world." Dyke plans to make the venerable institution leaner, meaner and much more dynamic...