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Except for Tin Sang and a couple of other papers. Vietnamese who care about what is really happening usually resort to foreign radio stations anyway. Many read their papers more for titillation than truth, and serialized romantic novels outweigh political polemics as circulation builders. Reporters routinely moonlight for as many as six papers of opposing political persuasions and cheerfully quote an old adage, which rhymes in Vietnamese: "A journalist is a man who tells lies to make money." Newspapers have existed in Viet Nam for more than a century, but Journalism Professor Nguyen Ngoc Phach characterizes their history...
...possibly use, with spectacular harbors, with an elaborate communications system, with power plants, and with potable water in Saigon," he explains, adding, "While it is impossible to make an accurate inventory of the changes in the infrastructure during the war, the impression is inescapable that the plusses greatly outweigh the minuses...
...poisonings were reported, and last month a 15-month-old Connecticut girl died from eating a non-phosphate detergent. Says an EPA official: "When you weigh the death of a child against the possible death of a lake, there's no choice. The human health factor has to outweigh any environmental damage...
...found that the American-Western consolidation met its criteria, particularly in that it would not limit competition significantly. But Justice contended that the "anticompetitive effects" of the planned merger "would outweigh any public benefits that might result." One possible consequence, it said, would be reduced competition on routes between Phoenix and San Diego, and between San Diego and Los Angeles. In addition the opposing brief noted that American, with Western, would have an excessively large share (22.7%) of the total national trunk airline market, yet would not gain "any significant cost reductions," as had been argued by American President George...
...dormitory must do more than balance chunks of stone. People live in Mather House. The thoughtfulness of the architect in providing ample wall outlets and tub-showers does not outweigh his most serious error, the absence of living rooms in almost every student tower "suite." People need a sense of turf, a feeling that some familiar piece of space is always waiting to have emotions projected onto it. "If I'm unhappy and just want to get out of my room for a minute," said a senior occupying a tower single, "I leave my room and go look...