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First, the faith. In 2004, ABC was fourth in the ratings. One series in its pipeline was based on an idea by then chairman Lloyd Braun: a fictionalized Survivor. ABC turned over the project to producer J.J. Abrams and his partner Lindelof, who elaborated the concept into a wild, character-driven mystery. The wisdom in TV then was that viewers were too busy to follow continuing story lines. Simple procedurals like CSI reigned. "We would have loved to have had a CSI," says Stephen McPherson, then head of Touchstone Television and now ABC Entertainment president. "But given our choices...
Mercury contamination is a pervasive problem that must be tackled at the supermarket and the source [Sept. 11]. Whole Foods, Safeway and Wild Oats have voluntarily posted government warnings about mercury in fish. But other companies should follow suit and let customers know which fish contain high levels of mercury. Few people are aware that chlorine plants emit more mercury on average than coal-fired power plants. Technology to eliminate mercury in chlorine processes is already used by 90% of the industry, but six plants still use and release mercury unnecessarily. Mercury release could be cut substantially if they...
Steve-O and I were both in a llama suit walking around in a pen with wild boars, and all of a sudden we felt something pushing against us. I looked around, and an elk had mounted...
...junior Richard Irvin.Although Witt was sporting a sling during the post-game press conference, the team called the measure precautionary.Bears quarterback Joe DiGiacomo would also need an injury timeout before the end.COMEBACK KIDS NO MOREAfter crazy comebacks in the last two years, everyone expected this to be a wild one.In 2004, Harvard posted a 21-point comeback to beat the Bears in Brown Stadium 35-34, while last season the Crimson took the game to double overtime and won in dramatic fashion. This year, there was no room for comebacks. Harvard jumped out to a 21-0 lead with just...
...distant relationship to the original Republican environmental ethos—the conservationism of Gifford Pinchot, a turn-of-the-century Republican who served as the head of the National Forestry Service and founded the Yale School of Forestry. Pinchot took a utilitarian stance: Not strictly opposed to development of wild lands rich in natural resources, he wished to preserve them for commercial initiatives as well as public recreational use, making land use decisions through objective scientific analysis. But there was (and is) another side to the debate: The preservationist movement. Led by John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club...