Word: welshing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Censorship is not the issue," said anti-Mitznademonstrator John Welsh, a graduate of HarvardMedical School. "Mitzna can have free speech, buthe does not deserve the honor that the Universityhas given...
Portuguese fishermen or Welsh hill farmers may not endorse that claim as they struggle to wrest a living from sea and soil. Like the U.S., Western Europe has its rust belt and its regions of rural poverty. Nor has Western Europe totally escaped the scourges of drugs and violence. Yet many West Europeans are not only matching Americans in material wealth, but they also believe themselves to be enjoying a better quality of life. "I don't know what America has to offer me that I haven't got already and that I would envy," says British architect Ian Grant...
...Dave Welsh knows. He's down at Reed's Beach, fishing with his father. For the umpteenth time since he worked these waters as a boy, Welsh, now 42, curses and starts reeling in his line. Nothing biting today except the horseshoe crab. Agitated, he untangles one from his line and tosses it back. He has few kind words for the crabs; the fact is, he finds inanimate objects more provocative. "Each year, you see ten or 20 articles about the crabs, but you never see any about the sandbars," he bellyaches, pointing to the tidal flats along...
...advertising, some are more discriminating than others. Children's Television Workshop, publisher of Sesame Street, 3-2-1 Contact and KidCity, will not accept ads for candy, , medications or violent games and toys. On the other hand, Alf and Mickey Mouse, which are published by New York City-based Welsh Publishing, are little more than promotions surrounded by ads for sugarcoated breakfast cereals and video games. "We're an entertainment company," explains company president Donald Welsh...
Whatever his critics may think, Welsh's publications, like all other children's magazines, have to pass a dual test to succeed. They must appeal first to kids and then to parents, grandparents and schoolteachers, who write the checks for subscriptions...