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- Is an Executive a Public Figure?
- Is an Executive a Public Figure?Is an executive a public figure?You cannot send anonymous letters to the editor in a newspaper. You should not be able to anonymously scourge a person's reputation on the Internet either. There is no accountability; whatever charge one might levy could be totally false, but...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
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- Is an Executive a Public Figure?
- Our last poll dealt with possible role of blog insults in the suicide of advertising executive Paul Tillley. In the New York Times article about the role of the blogs in Tilley's death, the anonymous author of Agency Spy, one of the blogs that was critical of Tilley, justified her...
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Tom Brokaw In DC Sept. 18 To Receive Army Distaff Award For Outstanding Public Figure At Knollwood Gala
- News Advisory: -- TOM BROKAW IN DC SEPT. 18 TO RECEIVE ARMY DISTAFF AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC FIGURE AT KNOLLWOOD GALA; PRESENTATION AND SPEECH BY ACCLAIMED "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" ANCHOR AND AUTHOR, EXPECTED TO ADDRESS ROLE OF NEW TERRORISM IN US HISTORY, OPEN TO MEDIA: WHEN:Wed., Sept. 18,-- Informal press...
- Research articles 2002-09-14
- Tom Brokaw In DC Sept. 18 To Receive Army Distaff Award For Outstanding Public Figure At Knollwood Gala
- News Advisory: -- TOM BROKAW IN DC SEPTEMBER 18 TO RECEIVE ARMY DISTAFF AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC FIGURE AT KNOLLWOOD GALA; PRESENTATION AND SPEECH BY ACCLAIMED "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" ANCHOR AND AUTHOR, EXPECTED TO ADDRESS ROLE OF NEW TERRORISM IN US HISTORY, OPEN TO MEDIA: WHEN:WED., SEPT. 18, Informal press...
- Research articles 2002-09-12
- Public Figures, Private Lives.(Brief Article)
- Digging Dirt Almost all of the American media these days, even the prestige press, practice "rubberneck journalism," a fascination for the lurid and morbid. No universal ethical rules now exist to govern this practice. The journalistic tendency toward voyeurism...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Hafez, We Hardly Knew Ye.(expressions of sympathy by the White House for important public figures)(Brief Article)
- The White House is quick to release a statement of condolence when an important public figure goes to that great news blackout in the sky. But who merits the most official sympathy? Herewith a brief survey: Keizo Obuchi, prime minister of Japan: 409 words ...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- British public finances worsen in May
- LONDON AFP — Britain's public finances worsened in May as increased government spending outpaced growth in tax receipts. The budget deficit rose as the public sector net cash requirement PSNCR recorded a deficit of 5.189 billion pounds (7.759 billion euros, 9.479 billion dollars), the National Statistics office said Monday....
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- Alleged Plagiarist Guru Pleads His Case
- Alleged Plagiarist Guru Pleads His CaseRE: Alleged Plagiarist Guru Pleads His CaseGeoffry James, shame on you. I stumbled onto this exchange because I'm looking for advice on sales. I'm so disgusted that I have to comment.First, you ask Mr. Beck to apologize. He has done so, numberous times, and...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Greece doubles 2000 public defict figure to 4.1 percent
- ATHENS AFP — Greece acknowleged that its public deficit in 2000 came to 4.1 percent of output rather than the 2.0 percent announced at the time. The 4.1 percent figure, revealed by Economy Minister Georges Alogoskufis, is also far beyond the 3.0-percent public deficit ceiling imposed on eurozone members....
- Research articles 2004-09-22
- Capable crusader: Calpers. (California Public Employees' Retirement System)
- New Calpers chief executive Jim Burton does not figure to be any less tolerant of inefficient corporate governance than was his aggressive predecessor Dale Hanson. The largest public pension fund in the US also plans a more aggressive investment strategy.New Calpers chief executive Jim Burton does not figure to be...
- Research articles 1995-05-27
- Is the Obama Administration Giving Up On a Public-Sector Insurance Plan?
- I doubt it. Progressives are in the middle of a long negotiation with conservatives that will end in conference committee late this fall, where politicians will merge the Senate and House versions of the bills, hammering out the differences. We know that the House bill contains a strong public sector...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Senator Edward Kennedy: A Tireless Legislator And Courageous Man
- Editor's Note: During his 47 years in the Senate, the late Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts was a lion of U.S. health care and health policy. We at Health Affairs, along with much of the rest of America, grieve at his passing. We recently asked Democratic and Republican politicians, policy...
- News items 2009-08-27
- The Public Option: Itâ??s Not About Politics; Itâ??s About the Economics of Reform
- Last week, I argued that the insurance industry had declared war on President Obama's plans for healthcare reform because industry leaders sensed—or knew-- that support for a federal public insurance option was building. A week earlier, I told an audience at a San Francisco screening of Money-Driven Medicine that I...
- News items 2009-10-25
- Fig: Cracks show figure skating is on thin ice
- 00-00-0000 Fig: Cracks show figure skating is on thin ice By Jim Slater WASHINGTON, March 26 AFP - Figure skating is on thin ice and deep cracks are beginning to show. ...
- Research articles 2003-03-27
- Looking Inside Schwab
- If there's one public figure or firm that annoys brokers, it's Charles Schwab. After sticking his thumb in traditional brokerage's eye with discounting, salaried representatives, the no-load mutual fund supermarket and online trading, Schwab iced his qua If there's one public figure or firm that annoys brokers, it's Charles Schwab....
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Public $, Private Gain.(drug companies inflate costs of new drug development)(Brief Article)
- The drug companies defend their extraordinary profit margins, and their neglect of tropical disease, by pointing to the risks and costs of R&D. According to PhRMA, the costs run to an average of about $500 million per new drug, a figure routinely regurgitated in news stories. ...
- Research articles 1999-07-19
- Skater Kwan first US envoy for 'public diplomacy'
- WASHINGTON AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice named Michelle Kwan, the Hong Kong-born US figure-skating superstar, as Washington's first Public Diplomacy Ambassador tasked with promoting American values around the world. Kwan, a two-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated figure-skater in US history, will visit China early next...
- Research articles 2006-11-09
- Skater Kwan to visit China as US envoy for 'public diplomacy'
- WASHINGTON AFP — US figure-skating superstar Michelle Kwan will begin a weeklong visit to China next week in her new capacity as US public diplomacy ambassador, the State Department announced. The Hong-Kong born Kwan, a two-time Olympic medalist and the most decorated figure-skater in US history, will accompany Under Secretary...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
- Libel lawsuit dismissed against New York Times
- McLEAN, Va. AP -- A federal judge on Friday dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against The New York Times by a former Army scientist once identified as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks. U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton in Alexandria dismissed the case a week...
- Research articles 2007-01-13
- Economics: More promises – making the case for public sector cost cutting
- The fact that there has to be a general election by the first week in June next year gave this autumn's party conference season some extra spice. The economy is obviously high on the three major parties' agendas, the debate about future government tax and spending policies a central theme....
- News items 2009-10-21
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