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...against terrorism both at home and abroad. Editorials and op-eds embraced such liberal-media bugbears as ethnic profiling. Writers were fired for criticizing George W. Bush. Dan Rather- who once had an on-air run-in with Bush's father - now swore his fealty to Bush the Younger on David Letterman. We put flags on our video graphics, our covers and our lapels. TV networks accepted an unprecedented administration request that they limit their airing of al-Qaeda videotapes. Fox turned over an hour of prime-time (albeit by bumping the very low-rated "Pasadena") for a special terrorism...
...final out.” The “final out” usually takes place more than three hours after the “first pitch.” At this point, the “prime-time” span has been compromised, and younger baseball fans will have to read about the outcome of the game (initiated by our term, “first pitch”) “first thing” in the morning. Unclear is its broader significance, because there is no apparent reason why games cannot start at 7 p.m., rather than...
...TIME: You look lovely today. Mika Kano (younger sister, wearing a pale yellow linen pants suit and revealing, sequined tank top): Thank you. Kyoko Kano (older sister, in a ruffly magenta top, slinky black pants and a 24-carat diamond ring): People look to us as style leaders. But this is one more aspect in which we simply do what we please. We never follow fads; we create them. Mika: My sister has the uncanny ability to spot clothing or accessories abroad that within the year become the rage in Japan. Kyoko: It's true. Japanese women are followers. They...
...problem is finding the space to house the new professors, as well as the money to pay for them. Summers should consider granting tenure more frequently to the talented junior faculty whom Harvard often shunts aside. Such a move would promote better continuity within departments and bring in younger professors with better understanding of today’s students...
...changed the landscaping of the expansive yard better to attract birds. Perhaps most importantly, Lowell brought with him his personal library of nearly 3,000 volumes. In 1819, James Russell Lowell, Class of 1838, was born in one of the building’s bedrooms. The younger Lowell eventually inherited the house and went on to be the Harvard professor of belles-lettres...