Word: paged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since the arrests, the editorial page of the daily Flint Journal has sizzled with emotionally charged editorials, some bemoaning violence, others railing against coverage that liberally gives ink to white victims while overlooking black ones. Neighborhood groups have hit the streets to raise money for the victims, while politicians are using the incident to push their pet social agendas, from tougher police enforcement to more funding for youth programs. Even ministers have found themselves in the dustup, grappling for gospel truths to soothe confused, outraged flocks. On the Sunday morning following the arrests, the Rev. Denzil Green, the 69-year...
...even Wilmut fell short (so to speak) of the standard set in 1953 by Watson and Crick, whose own Nature paper announcing the most important scientific discovery of the half-century--the structure of DNA--ran just over one page...
Once upon a time, animals and words were intimate: in the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, the letter m was an eagle owl, the letter a a white Egyptian vulture. Such curious jewels pop up on every page of Susan Brind Morrow's first book, The Names of Things (Riverhead; 232 pages; $25.95). Taking herself into the Egyptian desert, Morrow works as a kind of archaeologist of the living world, digging for meanings as she watches cranes, catches "sundogs" and learns that the saddle-bill stork in the first hieroglyphs represented the soul. Language, she recalls, quoting Emerson, is "a sort...
...they are ubiquitous at grocery markets across the country, as anyone who has ever waited on a shopping line knows. And they are enticing. More than once, I have glanced covertly and shame-facedly at their headlines, trying to look nonchalant as I read as much of the front page as I can before the old lady in front of me finishes paying for her Metamucil and prune juice. Inevitably, I move forward embarrassed for having been pulled in, dying to know if Princess Di really is having an affair with her ex-husband's butler. Even as I mock...
...threshold for what is considered news-worthy is lowered, and we find ourselves reading about Prom Moms on the front page of national papers and about college moms on the front page of The Crimson. In both cases, the publishers and editors defend their decisions to print personal tragedy with the language of professional integrity and journalistic honesty--after all, it happened. But maybe mere existence should not be the sole criterion for publishable material. Maybe the impact on the lives of those being written about and a sense of responsibility to the greater community should also be included...