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...Terenzio has since helped make the program slicker by advising the channels' bosses to create snappy sets, commission new theme music and hire foreign anchors. More important, his efforts to introduce more aggressive standards of journalism have resulted in sharper news coverage. Last month, Terenzio sat in the reporting team's cluttered office to review a series called China's Challenges, an unusually frank exploration of issues such as environmental damage and poor rural health care. One episode on China's growing number of heroin addicts included footage of a dazed druggie lying in a puddle of vomit. "That...
...truth: HDTV gives new meaning to the word close-up. In high definition, no wart, wrinkle or blemish is safe from the camera's eye, forcing makeup artists to scramble for cover-ups. "Everything shows," says veteran sitcom makeup man Tommy Cole. "Everything is clearer, and the contrast is sharper. Some people are very worried...
...book that God has five purposes for people's lives: to bring enjoyment to him, to be a part of his family, to behave like him, to serve him and to act as his missionary. The payoff for abiding by these precepts, Warren promises, is reduced stress, sharper focus, simplified decision making, greater meaning to life and better preparation for eternity. For Purpose-Driven church leaders, he has developed an "evangelism strategy" that includes a casual dress code, convenient parking, bright lights, live bands, short prayers and simple sermons that accentuate the positive. The result, he says, will lead...
...Spanish result is an even sharper setback for the Bush administration, however. Washington had showcased Aznar's backing for the war as evidence of European support, hoping to isolate France and Germany as the odd men out on the continent. Instead, Zapatero has been mandated by voters to fulfill his promise of moving Spain far closer to France and Germany - and further away from Washington - in the conduct of foreign policy. The loss of 1,300 Spanish garrison troops in Iraq won't be militarily significant to the Coalition. Poland has already indicated its willingness to continue the command responsibility...
...month, mainland newspapers in the territory attacked leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party as "unpatriotic" and issued thinly veiled threats that the central government would dissolve Hong Kong's legislature if?as seems likely?supporters of democracy win control in September's elections. Last week, the rhetoric grew sharper as pro-Beijing figures in Hong Kong referred to opposition leaders as "clowns" and "dreamers." And a China-backed newspaper in Hong Kong compared Democratic Party stalwart Martin Lee to a World War II collaborator for traveling to Washington to brief senior U.S. officials on the state of democracy...