Word: heralds
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...violent events in Tbilisi herald a new era where no one can afford to shrug off the politics of Georgia -- or Azerbaijan or Kirghzia or Turkmenistan. Now that all the parts of the old Soviet empire are clamoring to be recognized as independent sovereign states, their appeals will have to be seriously considered by the international community, however far they may be from the ideals of a Western democracy. As a U.S. official ruefully admitted, "Gamsakhurdia won an overwhelming expression of support in the May election. On the other hand, he was not running a democratic state." Self- determination...
Until last week Dallas had the increasingly rare distinction of being a two- newspaper town. The rivalry between the Morning News (daily circ. 406,800) and the Times Herald (200,700) was a spirited one. But the old-fashioned newspaper war finally had a casualty. The 112-year-old Times Herald said last week it would cease publication and sell its assets for $55 million to A.H. Belo, the parent company of the Morning News. The Times Herald publisher, John Buzzetta, said he decided to shut down the paper after approaching more than 100 potential investors during the past year...
...publicity, the city has enrolled department heads in racial-sensitivity courses, while billboards plastered across the town inquire, WHY DO WE HATE? Girl Scouts and businesses have distributed 10,000 multicolored ribbons in support of racial harmony, while 300 businesses have published an ad in the Telegraph Herald defending the plan's principles...
...media circus." Those who are covering the trial spend almost all their time watching TV, then rushing out to phones or TV cameras to utter the same phrases as their 200 peers. Those who are covering the media circus spend their time interviewing other journalists: reporters from the Miami Herald grill reporters from France-Soir, while reporters from Italy's La Repubblica patiently answer questions posed by reporters from the Palm Beach Post...
Howe has admitted anonymously faxing information to the rival Boston Herald on November 15 that a Black reporter, Renee Graham, had received a pay raise as incentive for her to not leave the Globe for a position at The New York Times. He implied that the decision had been based on race, not merit...