Word: journalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Budget-conscious oenophiles have long admired Chile's moderately priced, eminently drinkable wines. Despite their relatively unsophisticated technology, Chilean vintners have consistently produced supple reds that are notable for fruit and balance, as well as soft but less distinctive whites. The Wine Spectator, the leading American journal of wines and spirits, last year gave an impressive 88 (on a scale of 100) and a best-buy rating to Vina Los Vascos' 1984 Cabernet Sauvignon, which sells in the U.S. for a mere $5. Other bargain-priced Chilean wines, including Concha y Toro and St. Morillon, have also scored well...
Last May, Stoll published an article about his pursuit of the Trojan horsemen in a technical journal, Communications of the Association for Computer Machinery...
Stanford's attitude is not surprising, considering the controversy surrounding the ethics of leveraged buyout deals. Headlines splashed across the business pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have made LBOs into one of the touchiest investment issues...
...clergy gathered in Manhattan to explore such questions at a conference titled "Death, the Media and the Public: Needs of the Bereaved." Sponsored by the Foundation of Thanatology, a New York City-based organization devoted to studying bereavement, as well as the Dallas Morning News and the Milwaukee Journal, the three-day symposium covered everything from obituaries to the role of "Media as Murderer." "The press has been covering crime and death for centuries," says Texas Christian University journalism professor Tommy Thomason, "but we are just beginning to think about how we cover...
...most journalists at last week's conference held out little hope for reforming the way death is covered. "We have a commercial interest in catastrophe," admits Milwaukee Journal editor Sig Gissler. The most realistic changes that can be hoped for, agreed the journalists, are slight improvements in tone and treatment. Said Newsday columnist Sydney Schanberg: "If we see only five seconds instead of 30 seconds of ghoulish film, we've made progress...