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You've probably seen shows like Fox's "COPS" -- you know, a bunch of burly law-enforcement types burst in a house in some low-rent neighborhood followed by a film crew. Well, don't expect to see any more such programs. In two unanimous rulings Monday relating to such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cops Must Say Good-bye to Tabloid TV Buddies | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

Tanjug news agency, the mouthpiece of the Serbian government, was attacking the American media for spreading what it says are fabricated stories of intimidation, mass execution and rape in the rebellious province of Kosovo. In poorly-translated English, the Serbs were trying to put their own spin on the war...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: War in the Information Age | 5/6/1999 | See Source »

The accomplished French author of the 1985 best seller The City of Joy recapitulates in honeyed prose more than a dozen stories he covered in his long career in journalism. He interviews the bullfighter El Cordobes and retraces Mahatma Gandhi's last moments. Much of the narrative runs to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Thousand Suns | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

Whether we are participants or viewers, there is one piece of common knowledge that unites us. We know that awards shows are basically for the performing industry to laud itself while ensuring self-perpetuation. In its execution, Boston's contribution to the awards phenomenon was not too different. The town...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, | Title: Kahlua Boston Music Awards | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

"It presents a whole new set of problems [in execution,]" he says.

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: My Kingdom for Richard III | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

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