Word: writes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special issue, "How to Get to the Year 2000," the editors of "Ms." write that the problems confronting society, including the threat of nuclear war, are the result of a male dominated set of values and that, "survival may depend on a revolution in values: and one of the leaders of that revolution is Carol Gilligan...
Over a picture of me interviewing General William Westmoreland, you write, "Fairness can be sacrificed when reporters go into a story with a preconceived thesis." Yes, it can. But fairness will not be sacrificed if that thesis is tested. And we did test it. When CBS News went into research for The Uncounted Enemy: A Viet Nam Deception, we talked with over 100 different sources. Many of them substantiated the charges of "cooking the books" by Military Assistance Command intelligence officers in Viet Nam during 1967 and 1968. Some did not. Both sides of that research were taken into account...
...bonds for example, earning interest of about 10%. Result: this year the school fund raised $15.5 million in interest for its member districts. Voters are happy because the earnings keep property tax increases down. Nor are the school revenues tied up for long periods of time: districts can write checks on the fund. Says Linford Moyer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials: "The fund's advantage is that we have broadened the possibilities of return on investments without jeopardizing safety...
...never get away with this: the whole, incriminating story must be told. Usually such narratives are limited in circulation to tolerant friends or impassive bartenders ("Set 'em up, Joe"). But a wider and possibly less sympathetic audience can be sought by those victims outraged and talented enough to write a book...
...about Broadway, its playwrights and its audience that the last laugh-till-you-cry hit was Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein's savvy sudser about a not-so-gay drag queen. You may begin to wonder if there are any heterosexuals out there who both feel deeply and write funny...