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...beyond the charming profits that come from high ratings, in corrupting the investigative functions of journalism and diverting its resources to sensational but essentially insignificant stories? One hears this more and more. Dan Rather made a small gesture toward the older, solider traditions of journalism when he declined to harp on the Chandra Levy/Gary Condit story on his CBS Evening News...
...RUSSIA Seal Cubs Face Mass Starvation Freak weather has stranded hundreds of thousands of baby seals on ice floes in the White Sea. Russian scientists said that unusually strong winds had prevented up to 200,000 baby harp, or Greenland, seals from floating to their normal feeding grounds in the Barents Sea. "Their mass death from hunger is inevitable," said a Polar Institute scientist, adding that even if some cubs could be saved, no money was available for their rescue...
Familiarly known as the black stuff, kegs of Guinness stout share space under the bar with Smithwick’s, Harp, Carlsberg and Budweiser. Over the years, it’s been rationed to pregnant women, offered to blood donors and likened to mothers’ milk. For me, it was the first alcoholic drink with any appeal. Dark as chocolate with a creamy head and a bitter, coffee-like taste... It was love from first...
...simple, the anti-Dukies try to explain. Nobody likes a winner these days. Nobody likes a team that seems to have it too easy. We harp against the New York Yankees as we once railed against the San Francisco 49ers. And for years we've focused our negative energies on Duke...
...this case, entertainment-based strategies have failed to draw masses of youth wholeheartedly into the political game. As a result, both the media and politicians have assumed a moralistic bent, exhorting young people about the power of one vote. The electoral crisis in Florida provided an excellent opportunity to harp on the importance of one vote. "Your vote can turn the tide of an election!" screamed the Gore e-mail service, continually alluding to the 1960 election in which John F. Kennedy edged Richard M. Nixon with an average of one vote per precinct nationwide. People must now take...