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Limbaugh and Stern exist in parallel universes, but in symbiosis. Stern was successfully raising the threshold of provocative radio performance for years before Limbaugh came along. And certainly Limbaugh's unbudging commitment to free speech and the free market help make Stern possible. Despite the conventional wisdom, both endure and grow in popularity, Limbaugh remarkably so: his radio audience has increased 50% in each of the past two years. Will they be hectoring and outraging all over the airwaves a decade from now? Stern is smart enough to think he won't be. Limbaugh probably will be unless he really...
...system works is that people can rank ordered votes," he explains, "The key is to be well known--clearing a threshold of familiarity is difficult for newcomers...
Albright set a high threshold for U.S. military involvement abroad. She said the U.S. should not step in unless there was a "clear mission, competent commanders, sensible rules of engagement and the means required to get the job done." If the U.N. ran the show, Washington would also demand that a cease- fire be in place and an end to the deployment identified...
Partly as a result, tourist robberies in Dade County have dropped 80% since February. But Miami's latest outrage seems to have crossed a psychological threshold in the minds of residents and guests alike. More than 30,000 wanted felons are now on the streets in Dade County alone, and people are losing patience with a revolving-door justice system that rotates criminals back onto the streets practically as fast as they are caught. Miami has the highest violent-crime rate of any American city, and even former priests have been known to pack pistols in their briefcases...
...tragedy of Bosnia could hardly have been summarized more chillingly, or by one who bears more responsibility for it. "I think we are on the threshold of the final solution," said Slobodan Milosevic, the President of Serbia and architect of ethnic cleansing. "The main remaining question is the question of maps...