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...receive PBS funding -- previously made by a majority vote of the local stations -- will be in the hands of one executive. The plan, first unveiled last summer, has drawn objections from officials at several large PBS stations. Says William Baker, president of New York's WNET: "The whole world, even the Soviet Union, is going from a command economy to a democratic one, and we're going the opposite...
...even the most vocal critics of the new plan have been assuaged by the person who will put it into practice. This new "programming czar" has more power than any predecessor but also a daunting task: maneuvering through the byzantine PBS bureaucracy. "What we wanted was a Solomon," says PBS president Bruce Christensen. "Someone with extraordinary political skills as well as program judgment. And someone who was willing to take the heat...
Small cars are nothing new. But how about one so tiny you can park it perpendicular to the curb, even in a parallel-parking zone? Try to imagine a car so simple that a 14-year-old may drive it without a permit, that requires no license plates because it need not be registered, that can be insured at less than a quarter of the rate for regular automobiles, and that is durable and so efficient it can travel 60 miles on one-half to three-quarters of a gallon of diesel fuel...
...Well, sort of. The VSP is a cozy, even comfortable box on wheels with few frills but normal options like a radio and rear windshield wipers. Generally made of sturdy molded plastic, the body is reinforced by a steel tube frame. The upholstered interior typically features only a few elements, including a dashboard with speedometer, fuel gauge and controls. Adjustable seats and interior heating are still standard. The engines are 1 to 5 h.p., made in Italy or Japan, and have only one forward gear and one reverse. "The technology is pretty simple," says Patrick Escalier, Paris regional director...
...tamper with the uranium in the future, U.S. experts estimate, the process of turning it into a bomb would take a minimum of several months. Since an IAEA inspection might occur within that period, a diversion could be detected before an Iraqi nuclear bomb became a fait accompli. Even if Saddam's scientists succeeded in using the salvaged core to make a bomb, most U.S. experts believe it would be so bulky that it could not be launched by any missile or bomber Iraq possesses, and would thus have to be delivered to its detonation site by truck. Moreover, since...