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But color most onlookers skeptical. For one thing, the newcomers must vie for hard-core political junkies and insiders, who represent relatively few eyeballs. And this narrow slice of the market is being sought by such heavyweights as ABC, the Washington Post and CNN, each of which has a big...
Kunitz, 95, who splits his time between a home in New York City and a summer house in Provincetown, Mass., said he is honored by the title, but said that American society is so diverse that no one can really represent the entire country.
"I think of the nations of poetry that are emerging in the last few years in particular, which I think represent an upsurge of the poetic voice out of the various aspects of our society," he said. "I would hope to, in some way, help to bring out into the...
The hostility is understandable. Most of the genetically engineered crops introduced so far represent minor variations on the same two themes: resistance to insect pests and to herbicides used to control the growth of weeds. And they are often marketed by large, multinational corporations that produce and sell the very...
Napster, which was developed by 19-year-old Shawn Fanning in 1999, lost a key early ruling in the case. It had tried to argue that it was a "mere conduit" for the songs exchanged over it. Just as a phone company is not liable for a threatening phone call...