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Talk is cheap, which may be the simplest explanation for this unexpected glut of gab. Cable television and inexpensive satellite hookups provide the perfect forum for sparring candidates to receive free media exposure. The possibility of wide-open races also contributes to the outbreak of political logorrhea. When a candidate is running behind "Undecided" in the polls, a debate gaffe holds little risk. Small wonder that the strongest resistance to an all-talk campaign comes from the handlers of Bush, the candidate with the most to lose. Campaign Manager Lee Atwater complains, "The thing is just getting out of hand...
...simplest and most effective response to coastal erosion would be to prevent people from living at the edge of the sea. The nonprofit, Washington- based Nature Conservancy encourages just that by buying threatened coastal areas and refusing to develop them. The group has made 32 separate purchases in eight states, sheltering more than 250,000 acres, including 13 barrier islands off the coast of Virginia that it bought for $10 million. Says Orrin Pilkey, a Duke University geologist and one of the country's top experts on beach erosion: "Retreat is the ultimate solution. Property owners must pack...
...truth is that there are two kinds of news, the important and the interesting, and most readers and viewers feel entitled to both. In fact, the simplest way to judge the coverage of any newspaper, magazine, or television news program -- network or local -- is to measure which kind of news it accents the most, the important or the interesting. Like every big news story, Gary Hart's downfall happily combined both. But since hypocrisy is as endemic in the press as it is in politics, the press defended its behavior by stressing the importance of the story. Importance...
China's system of restaurant organization seems to cater to foreigners and to take great pains to please them. Restaurants are generally laid out on two - or three levels. The street level offers the simplest food at the lowest prices, as well as poor sanitary conditions that usually include cuspidors near all tables. The second floor is slightly cleaner, has a larger menu and somewhat higher prices, though it is primarily frequented by Chinese. Most foreigners are shown to the top floor for pre-ordered meals at the highest prices and in what the Chinese consider the most attractive surroundings...
Working five days a week from 10 to 6 on a tight, seven-week shooting schedule (the exteriors will be shot later in Ireland), Huston has little room for error. Although his physical condition limits his mobility, he still agonizes over the simplest things, laboring to get the effect just right. "I like it when the audience forgets there's a screen, forgets it's a story and just beholds," he says...