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...slide might have stung a little, but hope for a storybook ending was not lost. Crockett was a local product, hailing Topsfield, Mass, and the Red Sox were his boyhood team. The “local boy makes good” angle was made-to-order—all Crockett needed was a contract...
...Nobody is expecting a breakthrough from Powell's mission. He's being sent mostly because not sending him may carry an even higher cost. Still, the President's comments and the Secretary of State's mission suggests the past week's events have stung Washington into assuming greater responsibility for the fate of the Middle East - even against its better political judgment...
They do now. Since Sept. 11, the number of FBI personnel working on counterterrorism has grown from 1,000 to 4,000. A new cybercrime division monitors credit-card-fraud schemes that terrorists use to fund their activities. Stung by criticism over its historic reluctance to share secret evidence with local cops, the FBI now sees it doesn't have a choice. Edward Flynn, the police chief in Arlington County, Va., says the FBI is giving local cops more leads than they can handle. "They feel compelled to tell us this stuff," he says...
...need can't wait forever. With stock prices no longer falling and the worst earnings news evidently behind us, bankers say, buyers and sellers of companies are better able to value assets and are eager to explore options. For example, analysts who cover J.P. Morgan Chase say the bank, stung by its exposure to investment banking, is looking for an acquisition in the consumer-lending area to diversify further...
...news outlets, especially in cable TV, reporters must titillate rather than teach in order to compete, to draw in viewers. Kalb?s report on reporting is an engrossing and disturbing story of what happens when integrity gives way to expediency. FORECAST: Hopefully, the news media won?t be so stung by Kalb?s sharp criticism that they ignore it - and media attention should help this important study sell well." All we can say is, thank God for Gary Condit...