Word: mentions
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...what went wrong. What could have Israel done that caused such arousal from Palestinian civilians? The hasty and somewhat surprising answers that have sprouted in the media insist on depicting the Palestinians as inherently violent and as the enemies of peace. In their coverage, some journalists have failed to mention fundamental truths about the real Palestinian condition. Instead, they further the offensive and unjust myths of the Israeli state. The opinion article by Justin C. Danilewitz, appearing in The Crimson's October 2 issue, presents the public a convincing, but rather manipulative example of the journalistic bias that has hurt...
Danilewitz and many others have the responsibility to mention the reprehensible conditions of Israeli occupation before drawing conclusions...
...student athletes alike: Multiply $100 a month times nine months times the 130,000 Division I men and women who juggle sports and academics. The answer is $117 million, or peanuts compared with what major college sports generate in TV revenue, gate receipts and apparel sales, not to mention the untold bounty from endowments and name recognition so dependent on football and basketball. In fact, $117 million is about what a network would pay to televise the oft-discussed college Super Bowl...
Perhaps the most extraordinary point made by your story was inadvertent: there was no mention of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is MIA when it comes to protecting fund investors concerning the issues raised by your report. All investors should care when funds stray from promised objectives and allow a 31-year-old to manage a 71-year-old's nest egg. Will it take a cataclysm of major proportions to suggest the need for more SEC enforcement and oversight of the fund industry? WILLIAM H. MOHR New York City...
Whatever one makes of the life of McGeorge Bundy [NATION, Sept. 30], former adviser to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, he deserves more than a mention about his superb contribution to the public well-being during his 13 years as president of the Ford Foundation. I worked for the foundation under Bundy, and while he was there, he inspired a staff of independent spirits to make major advances in public broadcasting, civil rights, public-interest law, energy conservation, the education of minorities at all levels, agricultural research in developing countries and much more. RICHARD MAGAT Bronxville, New York