Word: effort
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Many graduate students and professors were involved in the war effort, leaving Harvard short-handed...
CHICAGO: In an effort to convince a skeptical public that reaching a broad tobacco settlement is more important than pressing many individual wars against the industry, state attorneys outlined a proposed deal to 100 doctors and anti-tobacco activists Wednesday. Agreements reached with the industry so far are substantial, including: a ban on smoking in workplaces and public areas; a ban on all cigarette advertising; a program to gradually reduce teen smoking, reaching 30 percent in five years, 50 percent in seven years and 60 percent in 10 years; an industry-financed multi-billion dollar smoking cessation program; FDA regulation...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Communication Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, who is both loved and hated by the industry he oversees, announced Tuesday he plans to resign but will stay on for the next several months until a successor is found. Hundt, who spearheaded a major effort to deregulate the communications industry, said he is stepping down to spend more time with his children and to write a book about his experiences at the FCC. Hundt said he was proud of his record: "In the past three years, this commission has put the ball in the net more often than...
...according to insiders at the paper, many staff members are now embarrassed by the story and resentful of Webb's self-promotional efforts on its behalf. Indeed, the lure of talk-show celebrity, maybe even a Hollywood deal, may have played a role in letting a promising investigative piece get out of control. The Mercury News has made an admirable effort to face up to its journalistic lapses. But it would be a shame if the incident discouraged editors from supporting the kind of aggressive reporting Webb has done--or muffled the serious questions that his series has raised...
...knew it, the big papers set out to prove, in the words of L.A. Times Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus, that "most of the things that are new [in Webb's stories] aren't true, and most of the things that are true aren't new." Part of that effort entailed assigning black reporters to write stories implying that blacks believe the worst about government actions because they're paranoid. Obviously, the popularity of conspiracy theories in black America is a valid subject for journalistic inquiry; obviously, blacks have no monopoly on wacky ideas. (Remember those militia groups fantasizing about...