Berlusconi is in the midst of a massive effort to attract attention to his candidacy. He is on television every night and there is no better way to focus media attention on him than a visit to the United States.

Television is a cool medium, we learned more than 40 years ago, one that requires no effort on the part of the consumer. The Internet is a hot medium, one that is defined by the effort exerted by the consumer. The more effective learning is going to occur in the hot medium, not the cold one.

The effort was there. The attention to detail was there all week. . . . We were never able to get into a rhythm.

We are on the map as part of the nationwide effort to call attention to things going on in the country, and to allow students to express their thoughts in an interesting way.

It is a letter that would have drawn my attention immediately. Every effort we were doing would have tied directly into that.

Russia keeps Belarus within the family. This is a country that continues to look to Moscow for guidance and remains under the shadow of Russian power.