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TIME's survey of attempts by some Third World governments to control news [Nov. 20] contains a historic misunderstanding. In referring to the autobiography of former Associated Press General Manager Kent Cooper, it was stated that a cartel of European news agencies controlled "all the news that flowed into and out of the U.S. until well into the 1930s." In fact, United Press International (then United Press) began serving overseas clients in 1909, and by 1929 its service was going to 1,170 newspapers in 45 overseas countries and territories. It covered the world for its U.S. subscribers with...
Early action program applicants must submit complete applications by Nov. 1, and the admissions office notifies them of their acceptance, rejection, or deferral...
...American Manners [Nov. 27]: after a number of rude refusals some years ago, I abandoned the practice of offering my bus or subway seat to little old ladies. However, I have again begun offering. Recently, I was on crutches, and it was those same little old ladies who insisted that I take their seats. I say God bless...
...began the year trying to prod the economy to faster growth, shifted gradually to a tight-budget policy and proclaimed wage-price guidelines that stop just short of mandatory controls. When even those measures failed to stop inflation and the sickening plunge of the dollar, President Carter on Nov. 1 welcomed a sharp increase in interest rates that normally would have violated his populist principles...
...Church of England doesn't want women priests [Nov. 20] because the men are afraid they'll lose their jobs. Women in England who seek the priesthood should drop the rhetoric and address the issue: job discrimination. The priesthood may be a calling, but it is also a means of earning a living, like any other...