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Another huge task in keeping the show interesting is the comparison of it to the onslaught of reality shows. “We were the original reality show, and I think it’s completely different from everything else. There is no objective and no competition in ‘The Real World.’” Simply put, humankind is naturally very curious, and we will always want to see other people’s lives played out before us. However much we lash out against voyeurism as an increasing problem for our society, there...
...build up energy, but these days she expends it on the road rather than in the bush. She is traveling 300 days a year, trying to meet the needs of a demanding public and the conservationist causes that she did so much to inspire. "There's such an onslaught of people wanting information, people wanting this, that and the other," she says...
...Taliban officials insist they have simply made a tactical withdrawal from those parts of the country they are least able to defend from the twin onslaught of the Northern Alliance and the U.S.air power. That's certainly a plausible defensive strategy in light of the strength of the forces ranged against them, but some correspondents close to the action have described a chaotic collapse, in which many Taliban commanders and troops simply fled their positions, leaving the more ideologically-motivated Pakistani, Arab and Chechen volunteers to fight and die - some of them reportedly after surrendering. Indeed, Western audiences may wince...
Along with the onslaught of new talent, the Crimson’s key returners boast experience and proven success...
...drinks as a means of protesting U.S. air strikes against Afghanistan. Many more of the city's Muslim restaurateurs are expected to join the boycott of U.S. products. So the enterprising paper asked the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, which has previously organized similar boycotts to protest globalization's onslaught on Indian culture, whether the party would be joining. The boycott makes no sense, sniffed the party spokesmen. Of course it doesn't - Shiv Sena is part of a Hindu-nationalist led government supporting the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan...