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...animated comedy Daria (Monday, 10:30 p.m. EDT) focuses on a brainy girl who may not zap ice-cream cones, Alex Mack-style, in the face of uncharitable classmates but can always cut them down with her sharp tongue. Meanwhile, Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (Saturday, 9 p.m. EDT) offers up a modernized Nancy Drew in flannel shirts. Played by a Harvard senior, Irene Ng, Shelby is an after-school police-department intern who just can't curb her urge to fight crime as an extracurricular activity. Then there is upn's Moesha (Tuesday...
...Shelby Woo's creator, Alan Goodman, was always taken aback at Nancy Drew's ability to take command of any environment she found herself in: "She winds up in ski country, and suddenly she's winning a ski championship." Goodman limned Shelby, instead, as someone made of flesh and bone. "She doesn't excel in every course," he says of his character. "She depends on her friends for rides; she works because she needs the money. I wanted her to be more reflective of the girls I grew up with. Nancy Drew never made a wrong assumption in her life...
...doubt that Harshbarger's polished lines and what many call his perfect TV looks will help him woo Bay State voters...
...stubborn silence on the issue is considered a major breakthrough. The North downplayed its presence, however, suggesting it agreed to attend out of "deep regret" for a recent incursion of a North Korean submarine into South Korean waters. Nonetheless, t he U.S. and South Korea continued efforts to woo the North: The Clinton Administration announced it would not conduct military operations with the South, while the U.S. and South Korean delegations made it clear that North Korea's participation in peace talks would be rewarded by more economic cooperation, an offer sure to resonate in a nation torn by economic...
...snowed in by a recent storm. Throughout the spreading strike, union workers at subways, phone companies and cargo docks have been directed to stay on the job for fear of raising the people's ire; hospital workers also have remained to staff emergency and operating rooms. Home Minister Kim Woo-suk warned that if the unions prolong the protests, the "government has no option but to take firm action." For now, though, the Seoul government will let public opinion determine the strikes' course. It is a war that unions seem to think they...