กำลังเล่นซ้ำ วันอาทิตย์ที่ 20 พฤษภาคม ค.ศ. 2001

MediaTalk; Lou Dobbs Makes Good On His Return to CNN

Date: 21 May 2001

By Jim Rutenberg

Jim Rutenberg

Moneyline gains in ratings in Lou Dobbs' first week back as CNN financial news anchor; CNN says he agreed to speak to gathering of Ford executives and dealers, for reported $30,000 fee, before he agreed to return to program, where he interviewed Ford chief executive Jacques A Nasser in one of highly promoted guest appearances of week; says he will donate fee to charity, as is his custom; cancels The Spin Room, political program that features Tucker Carlson and Bill Press; says Carlson will be Press's conservative counterweight on Crossfire; will shift Greenfield at Large, new talk show featuring Jeff Greenfield, to prime time; photo (M)

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This Week

Date: 21 May 2001

By Lawrence Van Gelder

Lawrence Gelder

Little Orchestra Society, led by Dino Anagnost, to open its season with concert examining enigmas surrounding composer Vivaldi; exhibition of Alexander Calder sculptures is set to open at Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY; exhibition of photographs by White House News Photographers' Association members documenting top news events of 2000 is set for Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts season is set to open, Vienna, Va; photos (M)

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In South Africa, It's Press vs. the President, Black Executives Say

Date: 20 May 2001

By Rachel L. Swarns

Rachel Swarns

Prominent black executives charge South Africa's white-owned newspapers seek to discredit Pres Thabo Mbeki's government, newspaper advertisement; see coalition of right-wing forces trying to undermine black leadership; most whites and some blacks dismiss charge, holding Mbeki spurred negative publicity; talk of right-wing conspiracy, involving elements in news media, opposition politics and business world, is gaining credence in South Africa (M)

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When a Tough Sharon Gets Tougher, Israelis Get Nervous

Date: 21 May 2001

By Deborah Sontag

Deborah Sontag

First real domestic criticism of Prime Min Ariel Sharon surges in aftermath of first use of American-supplied F-16 fighter jets in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with questions about whether government has any plan beyond its next retaliation; four Israeli dailies, including conservative Jerusalem Post, condemn as unwise deadly warplane attack against Nablus police station in response to suicide bombing by Hamas militant in Netanya; while many Israelis applaud Sharon for finally unleashing Israel's most deadly weapons against Palestinians, others question wisdom of action with potential to ignite conflict and put Israel on defensive against international criticism; many ask whether use of warplanes demonstrates that government has neither military nor diplomatic answer to conflict; photo (M)

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Stanley I. Tannenbaum, 73, Ad Executive, Dies

Date: 20 May 2001

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Stanley I. Tannenbaum, a longtime top executive at the advertising agency Kenyon & Eckhardt and an educator at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, died on Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 73.

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What Has Become of William

Date: 20 May 2001

By Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan

Andrew Sullivan article profiles William Hague, British Conservative Party, who is challenging Prime Min Tony Blair in June 7 election; polls predict something close to debacle for Hague, while British press has all but written him off and is openly speculating about who might succeed him; describes Hague as old-school political leader in sense that he is curiously immune to modern image-making, but also deeply modern representative of new breed of working- and middle-class politicians who are infiltrating ranks of formerly aristocratic Tory party; suggests that Hague will endure, but may need to suffer a genuine defeat before voters can see beyond his veneer of easy success to deeply able and humane man beneath; photos (M)

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France Télécom Completes Sale of Noos

Date: 21 May 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

NTL Inc and Morgan Stanley Private Equity buy France Telecom's 49.9 percent stake in French cable company Noos for 1.18 billion euros ($1 billion) (S)

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More Changes Are Discussed In Cable Deal

Date: 21 May 2001

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Liberty Media Corp and UnitedGlobalCom Inc discuss more changes in their merger, which would create biggest cable-television provider; talks follow 70 percent drop in United's shares since deal was announced last June (M)

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Shipping News

Date: 20 May 2001

By Dan van der Vat

Dan van der Vat reviews book At War at Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century by Ronald H Spector (M)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 20 May 2001

INTERNATIONAL 3-16 U.S. Aides Are Critical Of Germ Enforcement Plan Senior Bush administration officials have recommended that Washington end its support for a draft agreement to enforce the ban on germ weapons, according to American officials. The recommendations appear certain to distress allies, who back the draft accord and are concerned that the new administration is concentrating too much on new military programs and not enough on nonproliferation. 1 Arab League Severs Israeli Ties Arab League foreign ministers, expressing their outrage at what they see as the increasingly heavy hand of the Israeli government, severed any contacts with Israel until the violence stops. 1

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