Word: tougher
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...another dimension to the American experience.” “I like him. I like the program,” Rather told a smiling Alex S. Jones, his interlocutor for the evening. After this cheerful beginning, Rather went on to address some of the tougher problems facing the media today, focusing on the market pressures which affect the quality of broadcast news. “Ratings no longer are king. Demographics are,” Rather said, noting that even shows with high ratings can now be taken off the air for demographic reasons. The long-time...
...Leaf Clover”—Metallica. I listened to this song before basketball games in high school. It made me feel a lot tougher than I actually am. 2) “My Father’s Eyes”—Eric Clapton. Clapton is sick at guitar, but this song is a little emo. 3) “Say Goodbye”—Dave Matthews Band. This is just Dave being his drunken, pot-smoking, sex-fiend self. 4) “Jigga What”—Jay-Z. No seriously?...
...have learned a tough lesson, and it has been a lot tougher for those tens of thousands of dead, innocent Iraqis and several thousand killed and injured American soldiers than for a few humiliated pundits. The correct response to that is not more spin but a real sense of shame and sorrow that so many have died because of errors made by their superiors, and by writers like me. All this is true, and it needs to be faced. But it is also true that we are where we are. And true that there was no easy alternative three years...
...rather, the little categories. Even if all your coworkers pick the acting and directing winners, you can take the pot if you ace the minor categories. But, again, that?s tougher this time. In almost every other year, the favorite is a film with the kind of glossy production values that earn it nominations, and wins, in the frou-frou categories: art direction, costumes and, if the actors run around a bit, editing. No such easy marks this time. Look for Memoirs of a Geisha, a critical and box office disappointment but seemingly run off from the Academy template...
...defense both nights, and especially tonight, was very soft near the rim area,” Sullivan said. “When we get back to trying to correct what we’ve got to work on for the next two weeks, one of them is getting tougher around the basket...