Word: lynching
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...where the tone and packaging of the news are set, came hints that, in wartime, the Fourth Estate was on the side of the good guys. Newscasts were adorned with American flags, and press outlets (including, initially, TIME) prematurely made a John Wayne figure of Private First Class Jessica Lynch...
Hong Kong residents are accustomed to seeing their city's famous skyline shrouded by smog. Now the haze could be casting a pall on the city's business climate as well. Last week, investment bank Merrill Lynch downgraded three of the city's biggest property companies, warning in a separate report that pollution could dampen demand for real estate and blunt the city's economic edge. "If we get to the point where it's so noxious you can't live here, people will start walking out the door," says Merrill Lynch strategist Spencer White...
...Jeanne Shaheen, emerged last week as the top Democratic hopeful in New Hampshire’s 2008 Senate race—but she still hasn’t said whether or not she will throw her hat into the ring. After a top aide to New Hampshire Governor John Lynch confirmed last Thursday that the first-term Democrat doesn’t intend to run for senator, Shaheen became the party’s best chance to win the ’08 race, observers say. Shaheen, who was appointed IOP chief in 2005, served three terms as the Granite...
...Throw in a few PS3 games, at $60 a pop, and you're out $900--a sum that may scare off consumers. And PS3 already frightens stock analysts. "We do not believe the machine provides incentives for buyers to buy a new machine ... except some game maniacs," Merrill Lynch analyst Hitoshi Kuriyama wrote in a recent report...
...sophomore Bill Jones, and junior Pat Quinn each swam a leg in the nail-biter, as the Crimson edged out Columbia 1:32.46 to 1:33.92. Harvard added to its lead considerably in the 1000 freestyle, as Wollner finished first at 9:28.18, with teammates Mason Brunnick and Eric Lynch close behind. Columbia’s Kevin Wakefield beat Bill Jones to the wall in the 200 free, but the Lions could not keep up with the Crimson in the next three events. Degnan-Rojeski and Quinn went 1-2 in the 100 backstroke, with Degnan-Rojeski finishing in first...