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Polishing the big stick in public is intended mostly as a signal to Pyongyang to stop procrastinating. But it also reflects long-brewing unease among Pentagon officials about how U.N. forces in the South would fare against a North Korean blitzkrieg. With 1.1 million regular troops -- the world's fifth-largest army -- 550,000 reservists and 100,000 commandos, North Korea has more than one-third of its population under arms. About 70% of active-duty forces are stationed within 60 miles from the Demilitarized Zone, and the DMZ is only 35 miles from Seoul, a rich target with...
...productions demand that each clip come with a permission slip from its copyright owner. (Imagine if a book critic had to get Rush Limbaugh's permission to quote his prose in a review, and maybe pay him for the privilege; that's precisely the situation in TV.) Furthermore, television "signal piracy" -- that is, merely taping and then broadcasting 10 seconds of Barbara Walters in order to critique her performance -- is a federal crime. Well, then, could one at least produce a high-verisimilitude parody of Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror? No, not if the Supreme Court upholds...
...York City voters sent a clear signal when they elected Rudy Giuliani mayor last month. The former U.S. Attorney's campaign included proposals to boot the homeless out of shelters after 90 days and rescind the city's unique, state-imposed decree to provide emergency shelter for anyone who asks for it. Generosity is clearly ebbing. Soup kitchens and food banks across the country report a drop in donations by as much as 40% this Thanksgiving. Sometimes the backlash expresses itself in ugly ways. Last month a homeless man in San Francisco was critically injured when attackers doused him with...
...idea of White House intervention between American Airlines and its 21,000 striking flight attendants did not originate with Clinton. Instead it appeared to come from AA's management. On Monday, hours after rejecting a call by flight attendants for a presidential emergency board, American sent a signal to Washington that the airline was ready to deal. That persuaded Clinton's senior adviser Bruce Lindsey to begin calling AA representatives and Denise Hedges, head of the flight attendants' union. A few hours later, all that remained was to pull Clinton out of an afternoon meeting so he could spend five...
Hispanics in Hollywood, despite barriers, have also met with recent success. Latino actors Andy Garcia and Rosie Perez have become sought-after talents; the movie La Bamba grossed more than $50 million and sent the signal that Latino movies can be moneymakers. "In American society, transmitting culture is done in the marketplace," says Gary Puckrein, editor in chief of American Visions, a magazine that covers culture in the U.S. "You see it in food, fashion, music...