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...probably no accident that reality TV came into vogue just as Bill and Hillary Clinton were leaving the White House: something had to fill the void. The Clintons anticipated Survivor. Each week they faced daunting challenges and terrible embarrassments, and everyone waited to see if they would be kicked off the island. In the end, they survived--tarnished but still together, quasi-triumphant, even. There was a Homeric quality to all this; the Clinton saga seemed more fantastic than real, the mischievous work of some puckish minor deity. (Cyclops and the Sirens had nothing on Gingrich and Lewinsky.) Bill Clinton...
...candidacy is a hat-tip to her work in the agency and the civil servants below her. But it may only be that. One White House source suggests that Skinner and Kempthorne are more likely nominees. And other names may well emerge as the White House tries to fill one of its thorniest posts...
...Botox and Beyond" described some new methods of cosmetic surgery [HEALTH, May 19]. You called Cymera perhaps the "creepiest substance" being used to fill wrinkles because it is made from the skin of human cadavers. I ask which is creepier and probably more dangerous: Botox, short for botulinum toxin, a paralyzing poison, or natural human skin? As a physician, I have to ask myself if it is ethical to spend time and money on cosmetic, forever-young potions when disorders like obesity, hypertension and cancer plague our society. J. GREGORY RIDGWAY, D.O. Yuma, Ariz...
Welcome to Indigo, the upper-crust company that doesn't even call itself an airline. With most of the country's large carriers suffering financially and cutting back flights and amenities, a fresh flock of new and expanding niche carriers is rushing to fill the gap with wildly varying routes and styles of service. Indigo and an unprecedented transatlantic Boeing Business Jet service offered by Germany's Lufthansa Airlines are aimed at executive travelers. Others, like JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, are profitably targeting bargain hunters. Some are even more offbeat: Want to fly among skimpily clad hostesses from Atlanta...
This growth, along with the new economics of sports TV, brought the AFL and NBC together. After losing $300 million on the last two years of its NBA contract, the network exited the major-sports business last summer. To fill the weekend space, NBC offered the AFL a slot in its schedule, on the condition that the league waive a rights fee and let NBC broadcast games in perpetuity. Under the arrangement, NBC this year got the initial $10 million in advertising revenues to cover its production and promotion costs. The next $3 million went to the AFL. Both figures...