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...there is a lesson to this massive embarrassment, it is that, the smug rationalism and First Amendment piety of the press not withstanding. American journalism is probably no more objective than it was in the days when Randolph Hearst could drum himself up a war south of the border. The technology of telecommunications has not only reduced exponentially the time needed for the transmission of information--it has increased the potential for propagating untruths indefinitely. The hooey of the old bought-off newspaperman is nothing to the lies of a rating-hungry television show...
...remember how angry I used to get with Sadegh Ghotbzadeh [Sept. 27] and that smug smile of his. After reading about his execution, however, I had to feel sorry...
Soon, the officials who have managed the renovations say, they will formally review the first summer. And while they may feel quite smug about keeping the project within its $6 million budget, there are clear indications that the residents of Lowell and Winthrop will have plenty of suggestions for next year...
...Harvard students who get too smug about their work. Higgins tells the story of one campus politico of a decade back. In the second semester of his senior year. Patrick H. Caddell '72 was the chief pollster for George McGovern presidential bid A few weeks after receiving his Harvard diploma. Caddell helped mastermind the liberal senator's victory at the Democratic convention in Miami. --Marc O. Litt '84 --Christina A. Spaulding '84 --Sam Medalie...
...Well, the sports world is full of interesting people." Malin says, and allows an offhandedness that could almost be called smug to creep into the apparent unconsciousness of anything unusual about this life. "I guess there are worse things, he says. "What to work for Harvard are and the New York Cosmos...