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...know, they all talk about the difference between Eisenhower and Dulles and Nixon and Kissinger. Eisenhower was the very reasonable fellow, he loved peace and all the rest, and Dulles was a hawk who was talking about the peaceful liberation of Eastern Europe...
...their job. Writing in the Gannett Center Journal, Scott Cutlip, a dean emeritus of journalism at the University of Georgia, cited estimates that 40% of the news comes from public relations specialists (who, at 150,000 strong, outnumber the country's 130,000 journalists). Still others try to hawk their stories for money, a trade-off that most respectable publications resist, although "checkbook journalism" is all too common these days...
...week's stories, for example, included a look at what military-budget cuts could mean for teenagers who want to enlist, a report on the outcry against satanic rock lyrics, and interviews with young West Berliners. The show's approach seems geared mainly for younger teens; the ads, however, hawk Gillette razors along with Nike shoes and M & M's candy...
Street News is published on a nonprofit basis. Persons, who employs a staff of 19, began paying himself a modest annual salary of $35,000 in January. As for his salespeople, their earnings depend on the number of papers they can hawk. They buy copies for approximately 25 cents apiece, sell them for 75 cents and keep the difference. In addition, every paper sold earns the vendor an extra nickel that is deposited in a special savings account set aside for rent. So far, says Persons, 200 of the salespeople have saved enough money to secure cheap rooms or apartments...
Finally, at 8:50 p.m., accompanied by Laboa, Noriega walked out through the nunciature's front door. He stumbled twice in the darkness, but pulled himself together as he surrendered to General Cisneros. He was hustled to a Black Hawk helicopter waiting nearby and flown to Howard Air Force Base, where he was ushered into a C-130 Air Force transport and formally arrested by officials of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. After the plane left Panama for Florida, the once feared strongman broke into tears...