Word: papered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tries in vain to resist political blackmail over a homosexual encounter in his distant past. But the Senator is driven to suicide when he learns that an unsavory syndicated columnist is about to print the politically devastating charges. A fictional Washington Post executive explains haplessly that while no responsible paper will publish the scurrilous column, "some little paper somewhere will run it big as life, and then the wire services will feel they have to pick it up and send it across the country . . . And there we'll be, trapped in our own operation...
...strengthened the public's cynical suspicion that smoke inevitably signals an inferno of secret scandal. Hart's dramatic downfall was an embarrassing spectacle, especially for all the journalists who missed the story. Pam Maples, a political reporter for The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, expressed a typical reaction: "This paper has tended to be very conservative about rumors. After the Gary Hart story broke, there was guilt here among some of the editors and reporters. You know, he was the hometown boy. The feeling was, Shouldn't we have been doing that story...
Nearly 90% of the lumber now comes from Sarawak and Sabah, the two Malaysian states on Borneo. On paper at least, Malaysia, a well-off country with a relatively small population (17.4 million), has a model plan for the "sustainable development" of its forests. The reality is that neither the overall plan nor specific regulations have had much impact, and logging operations continue essentially uncontrolled. "In theory everything is fine," says S.C. Chin, a Malaysian forestry expert. "But 20 years ago, Thailand and the Philippines said everything was fine too, and now they have largely been stripped...
...less pleasant aspects of life in Holworthy is having to get your own toilet paper. Unless you showed up at school with a lifetime supply of Charmin, don't plan on signing up to take any noon classes. You see, toilet paper can only be procured from our friend in the basement of Mower. And only from 12:15 to 12:45 on weekdays. Seriously...
...evil toilet paper man from hell sits there behind his little desk guarding the precious stock of tissue all day long. I know. Once, in an emergency, I ran down and asked for a roll at 12:46. Sorry, I was told, toilet paper hours were over. Come back tomorrow...