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...despite Bush’s steadfast support of Michael Powell, proclaiming that the FCC’s policy “will improve the quality of local news and support free over-the-air broadcast television,” many have seen through Bush’s usual rhetorical wiles. Conservative columnist William Safire recently corrected Bush’s “free TV” notion, pointing out that “four-fifths of broadcast network TV is now delivered to homes by cable or satellite—not free?...
While Blair is on the ropes because he misled a country steadfast against a premature and unnecessary invasion, Bush is only on the ropes—and only kind of—because his public relations machine is dumbstruck for the first time. Bush wagered the White House on finding a deadly desert stockpile and is now trying to redefine deadly. Meanwhile, democrats have left themselves vulnerable because, rather than facing off with Bush on the merits of invasion, they insist on holding him to that bet—fine as long as nothing turns...
...with the way the occupation was organized," says an American official. "They're not happy, and they're saying, 'I told you so.'" But Blair is still stuck with the mess. A trip next month to Washington to pick up a gold medal from Congress for his steadfast support is being managed to minimize the "Gorbachev effect" - getting applause abroad for things unpopular at home. And no matter how Iraq resolves, it is likely to be Blair's last big foreign adventure. There's no other place Bush might fight where he will follow. That leaves Blair the hard slog...
...campus unrest of the late 1960s tested Tonis and his newly professionalized department. His quiet and steadfast leadership through the troubles on campus earned him the enduring respect of both students and faculty. Numerous times, HUPD officers helped quell riots in Harvard Square, and carefully policed protests in the Yard...
DIED. WALTER SISULU, 90, steadfast, low-profile crusader against apartheid who, with close friend Nelson Mandela, led the African National Congress (A.N.C.), co-founded its Youth League and engineered the struggle for South African democracy; in Soweto, South Africa. Sisulu, who recruited Mandela into the A.N.C. and later served as his trusted adviser during Mandela's presidency, spent a quarter-century with Mandela in the Robben Island prison. The son of a construction worker and a maid, he inspired reverence among inmates with his teachings and strength. "It was not possible to despair," he said after his release. "The spirit...