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...University possibly expect resident tutors to take seriously the responsibilities of the job, when they are being asked not only to forego an element of their compensation but as well to pay for meals which, from a financial, to say nothing of a digestive, viewpoint, they might prefer to take elsewhere...
Most important, many Canadians worry that their country cannot control its own economy. Walter Stewart, a well-known author, sums up the widely held nationalist viewpoint: "The decisions to expand or retract, to open new plants or close old ones, to conduct research here or buy it elsewhere, are made in the U.S." In response to such criticism, some U.S. companies have recruited more Canadian directors for their subsidiaries and have given Canadian managers top jobs. But U.S.-based chiefs of many companies still seem to see Canada only as an extension of the U.S. Douglas Aircraft last year refused...
...Treasury further defines "educational," as used in the code, to mean "the instruction of the public on subjects useful to the individual and beneficial to the community." An institution is eligible for an educational exemption "even though it advocates a particular position or viewpoint so long as it presents a sufficiently full and fair exposition of the pertinent facts as th permit an individual or the public to form an independent opinion or conclusion...
JOURNALISM, unlike most professions, has had a large women's contingent for many years. The catch from the women's viewpoint is that few of them are in prominent positions either as reporters or editors. The overwhelming majority of women journalists are still found on weeklies and the smaller dailies, where salaries are generally low, and on newspaper women's pages and magazines with predominantly female readership. Some big news organizations have begun to shop actively for female recruits, but the search goes slowly. No network news operation and no large publication aimed at a general audience...
...begged to participate in a mere thrill show. A proud Kubrick tells his interviewers how people may come to identify with McDowell as they do with Crookback in Richard III. But both Shakespeare and the original Burgess novel obviously present greater challenges: complex worlds beyond the single demented viewpoint of alternatives lost to antisocial action...