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That soaps have failed to evolve their formula for melodrama is surely one of the factors responsible for their diminished ratings. During the past five years, the number of women ages 18 to 49 who watch daytime dramas has declined 36%. Comparatively, the number in that group who watch prime-time network television has dropped 27%. Certainly women are more time-pressed than they were even a few years ago, and they are spending more of their spare time with cable TV and talk shows. But it could also be that their soap opera needs are being met elsewhere...
...There are colleges and universities that usually use a formula for admissions, usually state universities," Fitzsimmons said. "We're at the other end of the spectrum on that...
...There are colleges and universities that usually use a formula for admissions, usually state universities," Fitzsimmons said. "We're at the other end of the spectrum on that...
...Blair and Ahern?s efforts to cajole the two sides into accepting a compromise formula will receive plenty of impetus from beyond the gates of Stormont Castle, where the talks are being held. Loyalist Protestant militants from all over Northern Ireland announced Tuesday that, following the British ban on Sunday?s planned march through a Catholic neighborhood in Drumcree, they plan to converge, come what may, on July 12 in Portadown, site of numerous previous clashes with the local Catholic community. So Blair?s strong suit at the talks may well be the now-familiar "alternative too ghastly to contemplate...
...staring at my first semester grades and feeling relief. No shame. No regrets. I had passed everything, hadn't I? This was Harvard. This was Hard. These were grades without hands. It had been four months. I had learned that College was not a "for instant Happiness add water" formula. And to some degree, thank God, I had my hands back...