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...exactly radicals, from Rameses II to Louis XIV and Pope Urban VIII, thought otherwise and thus endowed the world with parts of the Egypt, the Paris and the Rome we have today. New culture is optional -- slippery stuff, ambiguous in its meanings, uncertain in its returns. Away with it! Let the corporations underwrite...
...once the "Tiffany of networks," and the mass- market K mart chain strikes some as tacky. Resorting to contest giveaways, moreover, smacks of desperation: watch our shows not because they are good but because you may win a prize. Some network executives are skeptical about the tactic's effectiveness. "Let's say 20% or 30% want to play the game," says Mark Zakarin, marketing vice president for ABC Entertainment. "The other 70% will be irritated by all the promos." Yet if the lure of loot ends up boosting the ratings, contest mania will undoubtedly spread. Anyone for Roseanne bingo...
...LET'S see. On July 19, 111 people die when a DC-10 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, after its rear engine disintegrates. Then, this weekend, another DC-10 has to make an emergency landing in Denver after its tail engine explodes...
...surprising that North believed he had the authorization to conduct the arms-for-hostages swap. When the Marine walked into the office to let the president know what he was doing, the blindly obedient North must have mistaken Bush for Reagan...
...concentrate for hours, zenlike, watching thunderheads build and billow above, gazing at streams running over moss-covered rocks, searching for the sight of a trout, that near perfect fish, as it fins and darts, drifts and feeds in clear mountain water. Those visions take hold and simply won't let...