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...change is also tiring, and that's why CBS comes as something of a relief in the middle of upfront week. True, the Eye network is not as stodgy as it was when it was best known for shows about 120-year-old former silent-movie actors solving crimes. But it is still the closest thing to an old-fashioned broadcast network we have: family sitcoms, "60 Minutes," sports and police procedurals - old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes, missionary-position TV. There are a few well-produced reality shows on CBS now, yes, but no "Extreme Makeover," no "The Swan...
...Still, the network had to fill its presentation with something, and CBS spent much of its time trashing the competition. It started with a Beatles tribute band playing tunes like the following, referring to NBC president Jeff Zucker, who made a statement last year apologizing for the quality of some of his own shows...
Rather than attempt to create an entirely new network for distribution, the tandem will be working in close contact with Phillips Brooks House and organizations like City Step to spread its message to potential ticket recipients. From there, a website currently under construction would allow those interested to reserve tickets ahead of schedule for both themselves and their expected guests...
...bipartisan support for the House measure, “only a small part of the House bill is currently included in the [Senate’s] defense department authorization bill,” said Sharra E. Greer, director of law and policy for the Servicemembers’ Legal Defense Network (SLDN), an organization that coordinates opposition to the Solomon Amendment and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
...last year, the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR)—a network of 20 law schools—took Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to court in an effort to suspend enforcement of the Solomon Amendment...