Word: pennsylvanian
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...brave soldiers and innocent victims who have perished in the Iraqi conflict." A reader from the United Arab Emirates complained, "It bothers me that almost every U.S. President is named at least once as the Person of the Year. HOW ABOUT BEING MORE CREATIVE IN YOUR SELECTION?" And a Pennsylvanian asked, "How could you miss the obvious? The choice should have been a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi citizen." The person who garnered the largest number of nominations, however, was not an American or a member of the armed forces but Ukraine's President-elect, Viktor Yushchenko. As one letter...
...United States Supreme Court has addressed this issue several times, including in Bartnicki v. Vopper, a 2001 case involving negotiations between a Pennsylvanian teacher’s union and a district school board. During the discussions, an inflammatory cell phone call was illegally intercepted and the tape of that call was passed on to an anti-union intermediary, who gave the tape to Vopper, a radio news commentator. Vopper, knowing that the tape had been obtained in violation of wiretap and other privacy laws, aired it anyway. The court ruled that this was acceptable: “Privacy concerns give...
...University of Pennsylvania’s Daily Pennsylvanian was the only other Ivy-league paper to receive the Pacemaker. Other recipients include Northwestern University’s The Daily Northwestern, and New York University’s Washington Square News...
...freshmen, neighbors in Apley Court and canvassing partners on the campaign trail, have been making the weekly trek to the Granite State every week since early September. They’ve even developed a Laurel and Hardy-esque rapport, a good-natured routine of sassy Southerner and proper Pennsylvanian...
...TIME's cover headline "Who Owns the Truth?" drew strong reactions from readers, many of whom rejected the inquiry out of hand [Sept. 27]. "What kind of question is that?" asked a Pennsylvanian. "Truth isn't about ownership; it's an obligation. You in the media need to start reporting the truth, or you will end up like the dinosaurs--extinct." A Canadian wrote, "Your question points to what is deeply wrong in the U.S.--the overblown attention given to the messenger to the detriment of the message. Real debate over serious issues is lost as reporters sell their souls...