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Harvard expected the Tigers to be tougher than Penn, and they were--but not much tougher. Harvard beat Princeton handily as well...
Empire of the Air presents Burns with a tougher subject. The development of radio was a diffuse process that spanned many years and lacks the obvious emotional resonance of Burns' other subjects. Visually, the documentary has neither the grandeur of The Civil War nor the serene grace of The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God. Burns' chief stylistic device here is a periodic fade to black, an attempt to simulate the sightless charms of radio...
When times get tough, the questions facing environmentalists get even tougher. And these days, economic anxieties and shifting political winds are threatening to produce a green-out effect that could make tree huggers feel as endangered as the California condor. Epochal events such as the gulf war and the collapse of the Soviet Union have pushed most domestic ecological concerns off the front pages. The recession has prompted many people to question the costs of environmentalism and made it harder for preservation groups to raise money and boost membership. In the presidential campaign, saving the planet has become an orphaned...
...candidate except his glibness and powers of endurance. But a mercifully shortened campaign season can and should fulfill a different function, subjecting an intriguing but largely ambiguous new face to a rigorous examination of his character, accomplishments, failures, ideas and ideals. Clinton should be put through a competency test tougher than any he imposed on Arkansas teachers. The nation will benefit whether he passes or flunks...
...easy on the suspect. To spare one collar the discomfort of being handcuffed behind his back, for example, a policeman cuffed him in front and let him ride in the patrol-car passenger seat; the suspect grabbed the officer's gun and killed him. Female officers reportedly were tougher on body searches -- and it paid off. Policemen reluctant to conduct thorough body searches of other men were killed by criminals who concealed weapons in their pants...