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...newsman TOM BROKAW sent the graduating class of Connecticut's Fairfield University into the marketplace with this earnest aphorism: "It's easy to make a buck but hard to make a difference." Easy for him, anyway, especially if he decides to make a difference to the Cable News Network. A few days after the ceremony, the New York Times reported that CNN had offered Brokaw, 57, a $7 million-a-year gig. That's $3 million or $4 million more than the anchor is making now, and Brokaw's NBC contract expires Aug. 30. But outlandish sums often crop...
Summer is the time for books that don't tax or disturb or get debated about in the pages of Lingua Franca. It is the season for Tom Clancy and, although the best-selling author isn't offering up one of his 800-page tales of intrigue before Labor Day, there are plenty of big thrillers in stores and arriving shortly. Three of the most talked about, Brad Meltzer's The Tenth Justice (William Morrow; 389 pages; $23), Steve Alten's Meg (Doubleday; 275 pages; $22.95) and Don Winslow's The Death and Life of Bobby Z (Knopf; 259 pages...
...disease. We in the addiction field have known there is a definite physical component. However, addiction is more complex and cannot be fully understood by just looking at brain chemistry. Addiction has physical, psychological, social-familial and spiritual aspects. To treat addiction adequately, one must address all of these. TOM HARGROVE Addictions Counselor Gallatin, Tenn...
After sophomore Andrew Huling walked to put runners at the corners, UCLA coach Gary Adams pulled starting pitcher Tom Jacquez for reliever pitcher Dan Keller...
...ceremony held Wednesday night at UCLA, Harvard junior tennis player Tom Blake was named the National Player to Watch by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association...