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...recognizes the risks of starting any publication, and especially with such a novice group, but neither she nor her top editors has time to think about the possibility of failure.The group had their first photo shoot, complete with professional models and photographers, at New York’s landmark Chelsea Hotel in mid-October, and is planning another in early December for its premier issue, set to come out in New York in early February.Still three months removed from that publication date, Matthews and company have already assembled about three-quarters of the content for the first issue...
...isn’t necessarily the small space given to landmark issues in other countries that is the problem. Clearly, the media must synthesize masses of information everyday to create the news. In this case, the Saudi decree put the lie to one of the president’s most controversial policies, embarrassing the administration. How such critical news could be left off TV screens and magazine pages right before the election is a mystery, but one worth worrying about...
...worked hard to prevent Ortega from being elected, even threatening to cut aid to Nicaragua if he won the election, and some investors fear the consequences of any move by Washington to make life difficult for a Sandinista government. Says Chris Berry, owner of San Juan del Sur's landmark Pelican Eyes Piedras y Olas Resort, "Everyone here is more afraid of what the U.S. will do than they are of Ortega...
...National Conference of State Legislatures, property rights will be the most debated issue being decided this election season, having garnered the attention of voters in 12 states, several of them dealing specifically with regulatory taking, eminent domain and in some cases both. The issue grew large after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Kelo v. City of New London, in which the High Court found that government can take private property and give it to a development interest so long as the community can enjoy some economic benefit. The 2005 decision has since found a host of critics, who eventually...
...When sociologists at Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) commenced a landmark three-year survey on religion in America, they did something different. The survey has been called the most extensive and sensitive study of religion ever conducted, with more than 1,700 people who each answered nearly 400 questions on American religion and spirituality."We wanted to do something that most surveys don't and that is to probe questions that are typically not asked on surveys," said researcher Dr. Byron Johnson, professor of sociology and co-director of the ISR, when the results were released...