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...facing public broadcasting today. But its solutions--obscured in page after page of tortured prose--tend to skirt the reality that advocating funding panaceas on a large scale will not change the political climate. To justify its proposals, the commission offers familiar attacks against commercial television, arguments which, though valid, do little towards establishing a workable proposal. No one should argue that public television in the United States should be put out of its misery. A practical solution might suggest concentrating on local efforts, reducing reliance on federal funds and paring down the existing bureaucracy. But pragmatism takes a back...
Henderson said any reforms would have to be carefully formulated to avoid "eliminating the valid courses...
First of all, I object to Mr. Yates' claim that he is responsible for his own well-being. Whether his claim is valid or not, he certainly is not competent to make a decision which endangers the lives of others, i.e. the park rangers and any other individuals who might have been in the woods at the time. Mr. Yates' selfish decision occupied the equipment and manpower of the park service--valuable resources which might have been needed for genuine emergencies...
...valid analogy," Raiffa said. "To deal with a problem, we have to teach about...
...sense of insecurity is his love-hate affair with the drama critics. Some invariably like his work; others, he declares, walk into the theater hating the play. Claiming he lacks confidence, he willingly accepts the verdicts of those he respects. "I like critics who say to me, 'This is valid, I like it, but you need more work,'" he remarks. However, Simon often finds the opinions of reviewers contradictory or otherwise unhelpful; and then he stops listening to them. "Critics want everything to be either comedy or drama. I say that when life decides to be either entirely funny...