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Those events last week may have been signs that reporters are beginning to flex their muscles after a relatively sedate primary season. But they also reflected an age-old controversy over who controls the flow of news. Politicians, particularly during campaigns, structure their schedules to communicate carefully chosen messages. Reporters rightly insist on making their own judgments about news rather than merely being conduits for what politicians want publicized...
...followed Tan Liangde's silver with a bronze, springboard diving gave way to platform competition. The contrast is sharp and fascinating. The best parallel in sport may be to skiing. Springboard diving, like slalom racing, requires great agility and tuning as the diver catches the flex of the board and rides it for maximum spring. Platform diving is like downhill racing, a dangerous, gut-sucking plunge that seems insane to onlookers and sometimes to participants. The concrete platform, of course, does not bounce. It just stands there, 10 meters (33 ft., or three stories) in the air. The drop...
Assad had much to gain by freeing Goodman. He came off as reasonable and conciliatory, an impression at odds with his dictatorial rule. He made it more difficult for the U.S. to flex its military muscle against Syria without appearing to be a warmonger. Most U.S. officials interpreted Assad's decision as a signal that Syria wants a rapprochement with the U.S., rather than more confrontation. White House aides insist that Syria has been impressed by American willingness to strike back, with both fighter-bombers and battleship guns, and point out that U.S. reconnaissance planes have not been shot...
...freshman and sophomore campaigns the younger Ernst was used as a tailback. His junior year he started the season as a reserve wingback. (Wingbacks in Coach Joe Restic's Multi flex offense are used primarily as receivers and blockers.) After losing to Dartmouth in its fourth game last season, the Crimson inserted Ernst into the starting lineup in the tailback position...
...cannot feasibly make more than modest changes in the employment prospects of young men. Job-creation takes a long time, when it can be done at all..." Deterrence, then, is the answer. From the cop on the street to the judge on the bench, the law-enforcement establishment must flex its muscles enough to show potential criminals that the costs of crime and the likelihood of punishment are high...