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Agnew again zeroed in on a worthwhile subject when he turned to the diminishing newspaper competition in many American cities. With so many newspapers dying, he said, many of the survivors have "grown fat and irresponsible." True enough, although the New York Times is not a convincing example. It may be true that the Times would be still better if it had more competition; but most professionals would disagree with Agnew's claim that the Times has got worse since the death of other New York papers...
...informed of the people have learnt that nothing in a newspaper is to be believed"; and Andrew Jackson strafing in 1837 some editors "who appear to fatten on slandering their neighbors and hire writers to lie for them." Most U.S. Presidents have fought back against attacks from the press-although in recent times the villains were often Republican publishers rather than liberal editors...
...Although medical researchers still do not agree on the origin of Parkinson's disease, there is no doubt that the immediate cause is damage to cells in a little-known part of the brain. Because of this damage, the victims of parkinsonism suffer from many symptoms that become progressively more severe and disabling: an involuntary tremor or pill-rolling movement of the fingers, rigidity of major limb muscles, hasty gait, slurred speech and difficulty in moving and turning. A parkinsonian patient falls frequently, and he develops a forward-leaning posture to protect him against toppling over backward...
Ways and Means. S.D.S. is broken into so many factions on most campuses that its energies are being dissipated by internal haggling. Although distinctions between the S.D.S. factions are blurry, there are three principal wings: the Worker-Student Alliance, the Revolutionary Youth Movement 1 (Weatherman) and the Revolutionary Youth Movement 2. All are committed to the notion of a more or less violent revolution in America, but they differ over ways and means...
...Michigan clergy operates with what Bielby calls the "silent acceptance" of the state. When their service was being organized, a committee met quietly with state officials and agreed to the ground rules. Although a minister who suggested abortion could possibly be accused of criminal conspiracy, he can presume that he is relatively safe from prosecution unless a complaint is lodged against him by one of the women he has counseled. Bielby makes certain that ministers agree to a stringent code that makes the final decision the woman's rather than the minister's. "Our real hope," says Bielby...