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...number of students dropped... as results of the [1989] Tiananmen Square massacre, but as the situation stabilized and U.S.-China relations grew, we had a big increase," said Professor of the Practice of Chinese Language Thomas C. Bartlett...
...does ring some journalistic alarm bells. Cleansing newscasts of violence may be a healthy corrective to the overdose of Bobbitts and Buttafuocos in TV news. But if it means soft-pedaling or avoiding stories because they might upset viewers, the trend could be troubling. "In some cases," notes David Bartlett, president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, "good journalism demands that we disturb our audience." For now, however, the family-sensitive boomlet has brought a dose of restraint to local news -- and, for viewers who already have tabloid choices aplenty, a welcome alternative...
...next year she met her fate at a dinner party given by Charles Bartlett, a Washington journalist and socialite, and his wife Martha. The Bartletts were in a matchmaking mood and invited their old friend Jack Kennedy, then 34, a handsome, ambitious Congressman from Massachusetts. The introduction took. They dated, and he proposed by telephone to London, where she was snapping the coronation of Elizabeth II. "Jackie fell for him," says an old friend, "but she was amused by the situation too. After the engagement, she said she never knew she had so many friends...
...FIRM: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett...
Ryles-212 Hampshire St., Inman Square, Cambridge; 876-9339. Take the #69 bus to Inman Square. Ryles is more than a dive, but still not as posh as the R'Bar. Live jazz daily both upstairs and downstairs. Covers are pretty low; regulars include guitarist Bruce Bartlett, who plays every Tuesday. Food and drink available...