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...office-worker son in Hanoi. In 1983 Viet Nam managed to feed itself for the first time in years. Though owning pigs is illegal in Hanoi, many of the capital's residents raise swine with loving care; a single butchered porker can bring in as much as a well-paid salaried worker earns in a year...
...perfectly reasonable decision that federal office is not financially viable. (One has to wonder about Geraldine Ferraro's present feelings along this line.) Washington is an expensive city; the long-term consequences for our political leadership may indeed be dire if the constant attacks by national journalists (presumably, well-paid) on the financial dealings of political appointees do not assume a more rational base...
...five months to his trial, agreed after its emotional deliberations to a highly unusual request from the defense attorneys for a private meeting with the man they had just found not guilty. De Lorean, his wife and lawyers spent half an hour thanking the jurors, many of them well-paid professionals, for their verdict. -By Jane O'Reilly. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles
Besides the inaccurate characterization of all Asians as well-paid techicians, the piece also makes a number of unsupported--and unsupportable--conclusions about the "Asian character." Asians are described as possessing "placid temperaments," capable of only "narrow" thinking, tending to "stick together on campus." In general, a Georgetown professor concludes that Asians will "work you into the ground...
...complicated criminal cases routinely cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The reasons for the phenomenal bills vary from case to case. Brink's-style security is uncommon. More usual cost escalators include lengthy investigations, prolonged jury selection and the growing tendency of lawyers to use streams of well-paid expert witnesses and counterexperts. In trials of indigents, the public must pay for both sides. Some courtroom staff would be employed in any event, but long trials can make it necessary to bring in additional lawyers, clerks and judges. "The price of justice has become astronomical," says James Stewart...