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...Faxon feels that many pros, particularly American pros, don?t care enough about the game. They take much from golf-much in money, much in fame-but give little back. They have scant sense of tradition. If they think they haven?t got a good chance of winning a particular tournament, or if the event is the least bit inconvenient to get to, then they give it a miss, even if it?s a competition of some importance. "I do feel too many Americans skip the British," Faxon says. "I?ve been saying that for some time...
While the writers are willing to deal, the publishers have shown scant interest in doing so. "My fervent hope is that the decision spurs companies to sit down with us and negotiate," says union president Jonathan Tasini, who plans to ask for as much as $600 billion in damages and copyright fees when a federal court considers penalties later this year. "The last thing I want to do, although we are prepared to do it, is to litigate this for the next five years." As any freelancers will tell you, they're used to waiting forever to get paid...
...before women toss out their Wheaties boxes like so many charred bras, they should be aware that these products are designed by marketers who are keenly aware that women make 80% of the food-shopping decisions in American households. The scant 2 gm of soy in each serving of Harmony probably isn't enough to do anything but make a woman feel virtuous for the morning, says Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. And nutrition bars, while better for you than a Snickers, aren't as good as eating an actual meal...
...rest of TIME's panel sees scant danger of inflation heating up much beyond its current 3.4% pace. "The balance of power is shifting away from employees to employers," says Berner, "and we'll see that in terms of pay gains and the kinds of jobs that are available." Any drops in energy costs will also help keep inflation in check. Dudley expects crude-oil prices to fall from $28 a bbl. at present to "the low 20s" this summer, a decline that will deliver "a positive energy shock...
...Bush's aides seemed nervous last week, it wasn't without cause. Their pupil has scant experience in foreign affairs, and when he has managed to work some in between selling his tax cut and his energy proposals, the results have been mixed. The spy-plane incident with China ended well, but in its early stages Bush was unsteady. Breaking off nonproliferation talks with North Korea, he contradicted his own Secretary of State and seemed dismissive of South Korea President Kim Dae Jung's Nobel Peace-prizewinning efforts at reconciliation with the North. Most of all, he infuriated allies across...