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...Since I managed to finagle my way into a proctor position, I fell into Category 1. And I was not alone: The ‘Berg served a legion of high schoolers, here to get a taste of the Ivy League; international college students, sampling the U.S. collegiate scene; Summer School Program proctors, who relished the opportunity to catch up with their young charges at meals (in addition to every other minute of the day); Activities Office proctors, like myself; Philips Brookes House volunteers, only allowed to partake twice a week; and a smattering of other diners who contributed...
...While this severe indictment may surprise some outside of India, it is routine fare for Indians - for whom tales of police corruption and heavy-handedness are legion. Police have been accused of demanding money to register cases or simply refusing to lodge complaints in order to keep crime statistics down. Suspects are often beaten up; some die in custody. In 2007, the National Human Rights Commission received more than 31,000 complaints of abuses at the hands of the police...
...even, or especially, for the free stuff. Some journalism could become a kind of volunteer work, performed by eyewitnesses, passionate amateurs or professionals in other fields who use journalism as a loss leader to sell their books or build their brands. (That's the model of the legion of unpaid writers at the Huffington Post.) Even if you filter your own news from Twitter, you're paying in time and effort. (Watch an interview with Arianna Huffington...
...owner of TIME.com), sold 38% fewer pages, and Forbes was down 30% (a number possibly skewed by the inclusion of ForbesLife). But as a weekly, the McGraw-Hill publication has higher editorial and production costs than the other two. And they all have much bigger expenses than the legion of websites that offer business journalism exclusively online - daily, even hourly. Industry experts estimate Business Week could lose $20 million in 2009. (See the best and worst TIME magazine covers...
Goliath Google facing off against a legion of librarians and, possibly, the U.S. Justice Department - now there's a fight...