The Quote, the Whole Quote and Nothing but the Quote
Date: 04 January 2004
By Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Commentary by The New York Times public editor Daniel Okrent on front page article Dec 21 on results of New York Times-CBS poll on proposed ban on gay marriage; wonders why poll conducted by The Times was considered front page material, and notes that article did not cite other polls that had different results; says his graver concern is that article quoted Pres Bush's pledge to support constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, but left out his potent qualifier, 'if necessary'; says omission was not politically motivated or unethical, it was a simple mistake; hopes future quotations are rendered accurately and fairly (M)
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Ideas & Trends: Keeping the Faith; In Government We Trust (As Far as We Can Throw It)
Date: 04 January 2004
By Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts
Public confidence in most institutions, but especially government, has been declining for decades; New York Times/CBS News Poll has been asking Americans for a generation whether they think they can trust government in Washington to do what is right; portion who reply 'always' or 'most of the time' plunged to 18 percent in 1995, rebounded to 55 percent after 9/11 attacks, then sunk back to 36 percent last summer; measured against nostalgic visions of paradise, present is bound to pale; Prof Darrin M McMahon notes that Paradise was not enough to satisfy Adam and Eve; graphs (M)
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Investigators Into C.I.A. Leak Ask Officials to Waive Private Talks With Reporters
Date: 03 January 2004
By David Johnston
David Johnston
Government officials say investigators who are trying to determine whether anyone in Bush administration improperly disclosed identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak have asked some White House staff members to sign forms waiving their right to have private conversations with reporters; Plame is married to former Amb Joseph Wilson IV, who has criticized Bush administration's policy toward Iraq (M)
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Indonesia's Secret War
Date: 03 January 2004
Editorial criticizes Indonesian government for not allowing foreign journalists, human rights groups and diplomats to enter Aceh province because of guerrilla war; urges Bush administration to protest Indonesia's use of American weapons and to make respect for human rights condition for aid it gives
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Beliefs; Religious issues, especially controversial ones, are not immune to the battling forces of spin.
Date: 03 January 2004
By Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels Beliefs column discusses organized religion's use of media to spin certain controversial issues, even including sexual abuse by priests (M)
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Hazardous Assignments Killed 36 Journalists in '03
Date: 03 January 2004
By Neela Banerjee
Neela Banerjee
Committee to Protect Journalists reports that number of journalists who died on assignment in 2003 rose to 36 from 19 in 2002, largely because of their work in Iraq; 19 journalists died in Iraq; 13 were killed by hostile actions, and six died as result of traffic accidents or illness (M)
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BOEING RECEIVES EXTENSION ON SPACE STATION CONTRACT
Date: 03 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boeing Co receives contract extension from NASA for work on International Space Station that could be worth $1.62 billion (S)
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ANNALY MORTGAGE SAYS IT IS ACQUIRING INVESTMENT ADVISER
Date: 03 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Annaly Mortgage Management acquires Fixed Income Discount Advisory for $40.5 million in cash and stock (S)
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LEGG MASON BUYS A MONEY MANAGER IN SINGAPORE
Date: 03 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Legg Mason acquires Singapore business of Rothschild Asset Management; terms unannounced, but price is less than $10 million (S)
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STANLEY WORKS NAMES AN INTERIM NONEXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Date: 03 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Stanley Works names John D Opie nonexecutive chairman on interim basis until successor is elected; succeeds John M Trani, who retired as chairman and chief executive on Dec 31; executive vice president Joseph J DeAngelo and chief financial officer James M Loree will manage company until new chief executive is found (S)
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BCE EMERGIS IS SELLING HEALTH UNIT TO MULTIPLAN
Date: 03 January 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
BCE Emergis, owned by Canadian telephone company BCE, is selling its US health care network to Multiplan Inc for $213 million (S)
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