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...than a partisan of the market. And though Fox News succors Republicans, its true significance is broader: it points to a future in which media are more targeted and more blatant about their biases. It's too early to know if Al Franken's stab at liberal radio will thrive or if Al Gore's liberal cable channel will ever get off the ground, but both are Murdoch ricochets, for better or for worse...
...examples are perhaps most glaringly obvious among Gibson’s savvy successors, with Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson managing not only to avoid has-been status, but to thrive. In the past two months, Spears and Simpson have both scored #1 radio hits—Simpson’s first ever and Spears’ first in nearly four years. Despite the pervasive predictions of a few years ago, neither has graced the pages of Playboy, and for the time being, it doesn’t appear that either will do so as part of a career resuscitation campaign...
...share your goal of raising AIDS awareness. One of Harvard’s strengths is that it attracts an incredible array of individuals who are passionate about something—be it playing the violin or writing humor—and it provides them with the resources to thrive and excel in these interests...
Some sort of recognition of public services by educational institutions lies at the basis of the raison dietre of all higher education. It is not until a university can in some such way establish a vital relationship with the community in which it exists that it will thrive. And the value of an academic degree is very little lessened by its award to a man whose achievements are not to be listed in the academic category. But as soon as such non-academic achievements are accepted on the standard of popular favor, the game becomes not diverting but ridiculous...
...confronted by a bevy of bankers. HSBC was calling in about $400 million in loans made to CP, and the company didn't have the cash. Dhanin was forced to unload assets to raise money, including stakes in a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer and a brewer--companies he believed would thrive as the mainland market developed. "I was prepared to use any means to ensure our survival,'' says Dhanin. "It felt bad, but I always believed we'd get it back tomorrow...