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...party, Maimonides counsels, "Strive for moderation in all character traits . . . except for seeking honor, where the pious choose complete abstinence." The guest of honor would surely have stayed home. Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Editor Jewish Observer New York City...
...whether Europe could stimulate its economies more without risking higher inflation. Mast pointed out that West Germany, Britain and France have already introduced tax cuts. Any stronger measures, he indicated, could bring about more price increases and higher interest rates. Mast was backed by Samuel Brittan, an assistant editor of the Financial Times London, who felt that government action push growth would result in "some of the inflationary dangers that made our flesh creep a few years...
...deadline last week, but not for a story about terrorists or politics. This deadline was for a loftier assignment. Their application forms for NASA's Journalist-in-Space Project had to be postmarked Jan. 15 at the latest to be considered in the competition that will place a writer, editor, broadcaster, photojournalist or even cartoonist on a space-shuttle mission perhaps as early as this fall. The chosen one will join a select group of spacegoing civilians, including Republican Senator Jake Garn of Utah, who flew on Discovery last April; Democratic Congressman Bill Nelson of Florida, who went along...
Accuse to journalist of being biased, and he will bridle. He will admit to having how of his own but argue that as a professional, he knows how to put and aside when he covers the news. Nine out of ten reporters and editors will say that they are willing to be judged by how fair their stories to all sides. The tenth is named John L. Perry, and he is the editor of the Rome, Ga., News-Tribune...
...speech to his fellow Georgian journalists (later reprinted in Editor & Publisher), Perry advised them, "Forget fair." He thinks that accenting fairness is a sure way to make newspapers "a gray morass of innocuous inanity." Not long ago, his paper, which is home owned in a city of 30,000, reported a crime in a convenience store. Two men forced the night clerk to open the till and then raped her. The paper reported the store's name and its location but not the victim's name...