Word: newsprint
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Thieu and Minister of the Economy Pham Kim Ngoc suffered a major defeat in their austerity campaign. In late February, Ngoc eliminated the favored tax status of imported newsprint. His order was designed to 1) stimulate production of newsprint, one of the few industries in the South capable of immediate expansion; 2) reduce imports; and 3) prevent publishers from buying more newsprint than they need, then selling it at a 300% markup on the black market. Fighting back, the publishers began organizing a general strike. At the last minute, Thieu reinstated the publishers' privilege. Said one Cabinet...
...Committee off Rights and Responsibilities is turning a lot of trees into newsprint these days. Some of it is serious, some not so. "We're right and you're responsible." chants the Radical Arts Troupe as it mimics the committee in its dispensation of justice at Harvard College. Yet they are actually pretty heavy concepts, rights and responsibilities. Just the sound of the words is heavy. Maybe it's the juxtaposition of the monosyllabic against the poly, It's hard to say what gives sounds their meaning...