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...this-he was talking about professional basketball, if I remember correctly-but Walinsky is a serious man and he wasn't really joking. Yes, television has been a wondrous thing. Vast numbers of people now watch presidential debates, State of the Union messages, prime-time press conferences, not to mention terrorist attacks, hurricanes and wars in real time. But television also set off a chain reaction that transformed the very nature of politics. "This is the beginning of a whole new concept," said a very young Roger Ailes as he stage-managed Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. "This...
While I was pleased to see your reporting on how U.S. poultry farmers are guarding their flocks against avian flu [March 20], I was disappointed that the story did not mention the thousands of poultry workers, growers, chicken catchers and processing-plant workers who, through intense daily contact with the commercial birds, are in the gravest danger. No U.S. agency is discussing the day-to-day contact that poultry workers have with potentially infected birds. To avoid an outbreak of avian flu, growers, poultry companies, unions and the government must work together to ensure that workers have proper protection...
...enthusiastic reports about your favorite students,” Nye Barth wrote in January to proctors she oversees. “Anyone come to mind that you’d like to thank Admissions for admitting? And is there anyone you’d like to make sure I mention who has been problematic...
...Regrets Should we commend Sullivan [March 13] for confessing the neoconservatives' "huge errors" regarding Iraq, mistakes many of us identified years ago and for which we were branded unpatriotic, even while our children were preparing to be deployed there? No! Sullivan still attempts to justify the war and mentions the dead and wounded Americans only in passing. Now that he has confessed, he should go to a VA hospital, apologize to the soldiers there and then visit families of those who died in the name of incompetence, narcissism and cultural ignorance. Paul I. Hettich Antioch, Illinois, U.S. I applaud Sullivan...
...Logan International Airport has increased from $33 to $37.25. Elizabeth Lint, executive officer of the Cambridge License Commission, said the fare increase will help cab drivers meet rising costs. Lint attributed the fare hike to “higher costs of living, insurance, motor vehicle repairs, and not to mention gas prices.” Tania L. Stewart ’06 has taken taxis to Logan Airport in the past, but prefers to take the T because “it’s easy and cost effective.” “With prices as high...