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...pursuit of the nation's most wanted serial killer. The FBI gave them copies of the notorious Unabomber's 35,000-word screed against technology, the same document the terrorist mailed on June 24 to the New York Times, the Washington Post and Penthouse (which had previously offered to publish it). Since then, both papers have been fretting over the bargain the Unabomber proposed: publish the tract in toto within three months--and promise to make space available afterward when requested--and he will stop sending the lethal package bombs that have killed three and wounded 23 over the past...
...trust in students whowished to work with the museum and who wanted tobring contemporary art into its collections. Itwas typical of John that he encouraged the youngscholar Michael Fried to mount a provocativeexhibition of recent American painting, ThreeAmerican Painters: Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski,Frank Stella (1965) and to publish what quicklybecame the signal statement on the new paintings'style and purpose. At the same time, he acquiredfor the Fogg our first paintings by thatgeneration, Morris Louis' Color Barrier and BlueVeil, and Kenneth Noland's Hover and Karma (giftof the artist...
...jail, their bodies bearing signs of torture. Authorities have curtailed the free circulation of newspapers from time to time and detained a handful of journalists. Nevertheless, prison officials have allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross access to detainees, and the Palestinian Authority did license Hamas to publish a journal...
Unabomber gave the Post and the Times three months to decide whether they would publish his manifesto. At week's end publishers of both papers declared they were still weighing their options. The Times and the Post, and Penthouse as well, face something of an ethical dilemma. If they publish, they will be acceding to the demands of a mass murderer who may well raise the ante by demanding more space for more manifestos. And they may also be inviting copycat behavior by other lethal social critics. If the publications say no, they could be seen by the public...
...letter from the Unabomber to the New York Times boasting that the threat was a hoax -- in his words, "one last prank." In yet a third communication at week's end, the bomber said he would desist from further killing attempts if the Times or Washington Post agreed to publish his anti-industrial, antitechnology manifesto...