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...GOOD OLD days, book publishers had a pretty fair idea of what they would and would not print; since their names, often literally, went on the finished products, their reputations were as much at stake as those of their authors. But once publishing transformed itself into a business of battling behemoths, the clubby, gentlemanly code of ethics grew harder to enforce or even, in some minds, to justify. Do publishers still put a stamp of approval on their books, or are they now merely commercial conduits between writers and readers...
...legal issue at stake yesterday focused on Harvard's application last year to the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board for variances to permit the University to retain four doors in the Union that are by law too narrow for disabled individuals...
...rung of American foreign-policy challenges. As a rising nation, like others before it, China is demanding respect in proportion to its strength. That would be reason enough for increased concern in the U.S.--and Asian countries--but Washington has a wider range of interests at stake where China is concerned...
...mass merchants such as Caldor and Jamesway were trooping into bankruptcy court and closing hundreds of stores. Gucci, the once-moribund designer and retailer of fashion apparel, has come roaring back under Bahrain-based Investcorp, which said just last week that it plans to sell its remaining 51% stake in Gucci to the public for some $1.1 billion this year. Investcorp will also sell shares in its resurgent Saks Fifth Avenue chain this year, six years after buying the once-flagging operation...
...most part, what is printed on the cover page of popular newspapers is what excites public attention, sells papers and increases ratings. The news reflects upon the American psyche and conforms to it. Because Americans respond negatively to a media that they have had a large stake in creating, one can only conclude that America is not up for some self-examination...