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...crusade against the left for three books now -the number one New York Times bestseller Bias, the bestselling Arrogance, and his latest book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. Goldberg, an Emmy-winning journalist, is a former correspondent on the CBS program 48 Hours. Galley Girl spoke by phone to him in Miami...
Though these electronic umbilical cords are meant to comfort anxious parents, they can backfire. "Now we get phone calls that are like, 'I saw my kid on your website, but he wasn't smiling. Is everything O.K.?'" says Richard Moss, who has run Camp Lenox in Massachusetts for 20 years. That may explain the recent surge in full-family camps, where kids and parents go hiking and sit around the campfire together. The number of these programs registered with the American Camp Association has jumped, from 192 in 1991 to 552 today. Pass the s'mores...
Sometimes simple ideas make more sense. The day of the London bombings, New York officials cut cell-phone service in tunnels leading into the city--in case anyone was planning to detonate a bomb with a cell phone. Once we accept that some attacks are inevitable, we can do sensible things to limit the damage and disruption--like using blast-proof glass in buses. Even things like emergency lighting can save lives. In London, it took more than an hour to clear the Underground. Many could not get out of cars or navigate pitch-black tunnels...
...directors told Fu that they would not back the bid unless they were given more time to study it. Fu agreed, and had to phone Williamson back on April 2 and climb down, telling the Unocal CEO that CNOOC would not be coming forth with an offer that day after all. "That couldn't have been an easy call to make," says a source close to Fu. "It was like calling off a wedding at the last minute, with all the guests in church...
...told me if there is anything ... he could do, to not be afraid to call him." ERROL ROSE, whose 15-year-old son, Christopher, was killed for his iPod, on a phone call of condolence he received from Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs...