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...balance - which of Reagan's actions really mattered, which didn't, who gets credit, who gets blame - something historians will joust over for decades. No one with sense expects a mini-series to answer those questions, but if The Reagans' critics - and defenders - didn't invest it with more import than it deserved, there would be no advantage to be gained. Truth be told, little real damage can be done by a sensationalized mini-series or a network's cowardly cave-in. But opportunistic partisans have something in common with opportunistic TV executives. Neither group wants to let the truth...
...Fulus, which means "father of money," was little used during Saddam Hussein's regime, but with U.N. sanctions against Iraq lifted and all import and customs controls unenforced, the port has become an unofficial entry point for used cars, electronics, clothes and food. There are no government officials here and no British soldiers from the garrison in Basra. Merchants walk up and down the dock, shouting purchase orders into satellite phones as young men in jeans with AK-47s guard against pirates who prowl the river in motorboats. As in the American frontier a century ago, fortunes are being made...
...INDICATORS Import This! The E.U. threatened to impose trade sanctions worth up to $4 billion on the U.S., unless it lifts export tax breaks by March. This follows an E.U. ultimatum for another $2.2 billion in sanctions if the U.S. fails to remove unlawful tariffs on steel imports...
...Fast and the Furious and its sequel showed that kids these days prefer a rebuilt Honda Civic to a handmade Ferrari. The import-car "tuner" craze--a cultural blend of hip-hop, Tokyo pop and Old West outlaw--is expanding its influence into the toy industry, with the arrival of the new XMODS radio-controlled cars at Radio Shack. The $49.95 racers, replicas of cars popular on the real-life scene, can be customized with authentically reproduced big-league gear, including Bomex body kits and Eibach suspension springs. Under the hood, there's more tweaking: you can swap engines...
...Beeb as media giant, click on BBC America, which runs on digital cable and the satellite service EchoStar. BBCA is now available in 37 million homes, up from 28 million only last year. The channel airs BBC hits from Britain, such as Changing Rooms and The Office; it imports popular programs that other British broadcasters run, like the talk show So Graham Norton; and it's creating American spin-offs. An import called Ground Force, on which professional gardeners fix up a bloke's backyard, also airs as an American version with a team of gardeners digging up backyards...