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...real star was the unprecedented live footage that emerged from the military's "embedding" program: allowing journalists to ride (and sail) along with units, with restrictions on what they could report. These strange embedfellows all have something to gain. Journalists want access to the kind of operations they were barred from during Gulf War I and in Afghanistan. The Pentagon wants a third party to record heroic exploits, enemy dastardliness and hoped-for discoveries of weapons of mass destruction. Major Garrett, reporting from the Pentagon for Fox News, put it bluntly: "These embedded reporters are not only scouts...
...call shuttle travel impractical because of its cost and risk to life misses the point. Certainly, manned space flight is impractical. It was dangerous to first venture out at night. It was risky to climb the first mountain. It seemed impossible to sail across the ocean. We do these things not for practicality but for dreams. JEFF HEWITT Norfolk...
...fringe sports favors the wealthy few who send their children to prep schools, undermining one of the real benefits of athletic recruiting. After all, how many students from public high schools in Roxbury or from the corn fields of Iowa have the opportunity to row crew, much less fence, sail or play squash...
...While bosses in high-pressured Singapore might encourage performance anxiety in the office, the Love Boat mellows the mood with "various sensual stimuli," including music, aromatherapy and aphrodisiacal meals. Would-be parents can even time their visit to coincide with the woman's ovulation. It didn't set sail in time for Valentine's Day, but the Love Boat will make its first voyage in early March. Dr. Wei says several couples have already booked passage?at a cost of $580 a night. Societal implications aside, you still have to pay to play...
...Yale could wait. And wait it did, for two years while Pottinger worked on additional novels she contracted for. It was not a smooth, British-accented sail straight to the best-seller list, however...