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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unthinking adherence to a motto like "we are not in this to be nice" makes it too easy to brush aside criticism that may be legitimate. Each issue of a newspaper includes not only the news, but also the editors' and reporters' personal judgments about what is interesting and important. Consequently, news people are not always willing to take criticism. To question an editor's judgment, they think, is paramount to questioning a bloodhound's nose. When news is the topic, few journalists will readily admit they are wrong, especially when non-journalists are raising the questions...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Educating Ourselves: A Newspaper's Balancing Act | 2/3/1993 | See Source »

Indeed, most of the crowd seemed to want apiece of Clinton--not just as a brush with famebut to share his exuberance...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Speech Evokes Kennedy Legacy | 1/21/1993 | See Source »

...part of his body that still worked perfectly: the brain trapped in the body lodged in the wheelchair. I ! require total care. I can't feed myself, I can't drive, I can't dress myself, I can't go to the bathroom by myself. I need someone to brush my teeth for me. I need someone to get me out of bed. I need someone to open the mail for me. I am always in some degree of pain or discomfort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Appointment with DR. DEATH | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...think I stand a decent chance. I'm fairly witty, mildly charming and over five feet tall. I brush my teeth, wear clean socks and shower several times a month...

Author: By Eric R. Columbus, | Title: My Hillary Factor | 11/17/1992 | See Source »

HARRY WILSON--The ultimate gov jock.Campus GOP poster boy appeals to both politicalstripes with his winsome toothy grin anddiplomatic skills. His La Flamme brush cut will goover well on the international scene. And hisGreek blood gives him vigor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Send them PACKING! | 11/12/1992 | See Source »

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