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...rectify" the bias issue, he says. Yet his moves--hiring a G.O.P. activist to monitor the political balance of the news show Now with Bill Moyers, bringing in CPB ombudsmen to police bias, shepherding the conservative Journal Editorial Report onto air--rankled some within and outside public broadcasting. John Lawson, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, says the problem is not the CPB's bringing in conservative voices, since "balance is in their mandate." But, he says, "what we will fight to the end is when CPB or anyone else starts telling producers or journalists how to report...
...misery, if only in bursts, through poetry, martial arts and music. Friends drop in and out, as does Gerry, but Sayer's resilience is the bedrock of the story. There's a charm and grace (and goofiness) in the adolescent Sayer, whose telling evokes the quiet dignity Henry Lawson found a century ago in the "sallow faces" and "weary feet" of the underclass...
...year limit be put on some of Garrity's open-ended requirements. Overall, the mood in Boston is to give the judge what he wants as he heads for the door, regain control of the schools and then prove that the city can run a desegregated, quality system. John Lawson, commissioner of education for Massachusetts, summed up the feeling of good riddance with the terse comment, "Boston is at a point where it needs to be on its own." --By Ezra Bowen. Reported by Joelle Attinger/Boston
...environmental consents or water rights. New Zealand needs a new power project of that size every three years, says Leyland. But even small hydro schemes like the one on the Gowan river, or another on the nearby Wairau, raise hackles. "A lot of rivers will potentially be ruined," says Lawson Davey, of the Save the Wairau Committee. "And will small schemes be able to supply enough electricity?" Green Party leader Jeanette Fitzsimons agrees "there's a lot of urgency" to plan for future power needs. But her party opposes more hydro: "While it's nice and clean from a greenhouse...
...Crew is entering the field with tiny Argyle cardigans. In response to increasing demand for baby furniture that "flows with the rest of the house," the home-furnishings website Nurseryworks has commissioned midcentury modern-style cribs, above, changing tables and rocking chairs from California-based designers Glenn Lawson and Grant Fenning of Lawson-Fenning, as well as graphic bedding from Rosemary Hallgarten. Both offer high functionality and sleek design. Now the nursery will look just like a Neutra design...