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...anxious to meet him. I want to see if he will walk the walk.' RUPERT MURDOCH, chairman of News Corp., on U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, predicting the Democrat's victory in November...
...begins Rupert Brooke’s 1914 sonnet “Peace,” an expression of the Englishman’s wondering exultation at being presented with a worthy task—war service—after years of depression and dead-end soul-searching. Of course, Brooke died of septicemia en route to Gallipoli, and thus never had a chance to revise his opinions of war after experiencing the realities of modern combat. The sonnets of his acclaimed “1914” sequence were eventually discredited as hopelessly naïve and militaristic. But still...
...surprise, something did. Some of us can forge ahead on instinct or gumption, while some of us—Rupert and I included—need a kickstart in the right direction to get going. When I really thought about doing Teach For America (TFA), I began to wonder how I could do anything else. After a life of excellent education, of incredibly loving and supportive family members, of the best friends anyone could ask for, after four years of Harvard—with its ancient historical duty to its country and its world to send its graduates into service...
...paper's top job almost exactly a year ago, replacing Paul Steiger, who had held the job since 1991. Brauchli received a standing ovation in the newsroom when his appointment was announced and was viewed as someone who would safeguard the paper's credibility in the face of Rupert Murdoch's ultimately successful attempt to purchase Dow Jones...
Ratings shmatings: if a Rupert Murdoch network cannot dominate the field of ticking off the Clintons, that has to sting...