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Hollywood's Fear of the News

Date: 04 May 2003

By Caryn James

Caryn James

Article on how three-year or longer production time contributes to Hollywood's fear of committing to movies that might have to be held back from release when world events overtake subject or tone of film; prime examples are Buffalo Soldier, cynical movie about violent, drug-dealing soldiers, with release postponed three times because of national mood, and thriller Phone Booth, held back when Washington-area snipers were saturating news; photos (M)

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Corrections

Date: 04 May 2003

Correction of April 27 picture caption in Long Island Journal column about New Mommies Network, which misidentified Long Island Parenting News associate editor Marie Wolf (S)

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Breaking News! At Home!

Date: 04 May 2003

By Pamela Woodruff Lobley

Pamela Lobley

Pamela Woodruff Lobley essay describes recent day as stay-at-home mom made savvy by supertitles that crawl across lower portion of television news reports; drawing (M)

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 04 May 2003

INTERNATIONAL 3-19 Powell Says Syria Is Acting Against Militants Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, opening a new phase of American diplomacy in the Middle East, met with President Bashar al-Assad and said afterward that Syria had begun closing the offices of some militant anti-Israel groups in Damascus. 1

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 05 May 2003

INTERNATIONAL A3-8, 15 President Changes Tack On North Korean Plutonium Tacitly acknowledging that North Korea may not be deterred from producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, President Bush is now trying to marshal international support for preventing the country from exporting nuclear material, according to American and foreign officials. A1 Iraq Overseer Criticizes U.N. Jay Garner, the former lieutenant general who has been in Iraq for nearly a month with a mandate to get the country running, criticized the United Nations, blaming it for gasoline shortages that have fueled Iraqi anger at American forces. A1

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Schroeder is edging closer to Blair views

Date: 05 May 2003

By John Vinocur, International Herald Tribune

John Vinocur

BRUSSELS:— The question was what he thought of Tony Blair's view of a unipolar world. The reply from Gerhard Schroeder: Blair had made an "accurate" observation, reflecting the power of the United States.

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Schroeder is edging closer to Blair views

Date: 05 May 2003

By John Vinocur, International Herald Tribune

John Vinocur

The question was what he thought of Tony Blair's view of a unipolar world. The reply from Gerhard Schroeder: Blair had made an "accurate" observation, reflecting the power of the United States..Of course, the chancellor said here last week, G

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From Cable Star to Face in the Crowd

Date: 05 May 2003

By Jim Rutenberg

Jim Rutenberg

Ashleigh Banfield's sudden fading into background at NBC News surprises many in news media industry; article explores her apparent demotion from anchoring her own prime-time MSNBC news program to reassignment as NBC correspondent covering less-important issues; renewal of her NBC contract in uncertain; photos (M)

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Victoria Eastwood, James Ganser

Date: 04 May 2003

Victoria Eastwood and James E. Ganser were married last evening on Lake George in the Adirondacks. William Gates, the marriage officer for the Town of Lake George, N.Y., officiated on board the Lac du Saint Sacrement, a cruise ship, of which he is the captain. Ms. Eastwood, 58, is keeping her name. She owns the Lake George Dinner Theater and also the Great Events Company, a party and special events business in Lake George. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

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Why the Market's Winners Tend to Keep Winning

Date: 04 May 2003

By Mark Hulbert

Mark Hulbert

Mark Hulbert column on why stocks tend to exhibit momentum, with stocks that have risen most in six-month period likely to outperform market for added 6 to 12 months and those that have declined most tending to continue to lag; cites study by Profs Mark S Grinblatt and Bing Han linking momentum to investors' tendency to sell their winners more rapidly than their losers, slowing pace of investor reaction to new data; graph (M)

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