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...press is catching flak from all sides. While many Americans charge that the media coverage has been too critical, a small but vocal minority argue that the press has passively accepted the Pentagon line and has given short shrift to views opposing the war. A caller on CBS's America Tonight contended that antiwar views are being censored by the media. "If you listen to the radio shows, you'll find people being cut off on a regular basis," he said...
...President's plan gives a boost to oil exploration -- and short shrift to conservation. -- The White House unveils a budget for tight times...
...presidents addressed the problem by slashing coaching staffs, limiting practice time and prohibiting independent offseason competition. These reforms are fine, though they will be expensive to enforce, but they miss the real point. Tightened academic standards are a better way to ensure that academics do not receive short shrift...
Health concerns that primarily affect women get particularly short shrift in the research community, many doctors say. Breast cancer, for example, has doubled in incidence since 1960 and is now killing 44,000 women each year. Yet last year the NIH spent just $77 million studying the ailment, including only $16 million on basic research. Two years ago, the NIH halted a major study on breast cancer and low-fat diets because of cost considerations. "I can't believe that decision," says Dr. Mary Guinan, assistant director for science at the Centers for Disease Control. "If we could tell women...
...limits gentlemen's dining room of an exclusive club. Nevertheless, today feminists outside San Francisco tend to blow hot and cold about Feinstein. Some find her standoffish. Assemblywoman DeLaine Eastin of Fremont, among others, complains that as mayor, Feinstein appointed many more men than women, gave short shrift to women's issues and failed to support a number of other women candidates. "Let's face it," says Eastin, "she has not been a team builder for women...