(Another two articles from the front page of the NY Times business section.
Juxtaposed against one another, they illustrate how class society operates.
Based on obvious editorial discretion around these sorts of questions and
nervousness over the impending war with Iraq, one gets the sense
(These two articles appear on page one of today's NY Times business section)
G.E. Expenses for Ex-Chief Cited in Divorce Papers
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Papers filed yesterday in the divorce of John F. Welch Jr., the former
chief executive of General Electric, by his wife contend that G.E.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/00 10:53AM
"This young boy appears not to have many advantages in life," said Arthur
A. Busch, the Genesee County prosecutor, who said the boy probably would
not be charged and was released today to an aunt.
this mollycoddling goes against the Spirit of
"This young boy appears not to have many advantages in life," said Arthur
A. Busch, the Genesee County prosecutor, who said the boy probably would
not be charged and was released today to an aunt.
this mollycoddling goes against the Spirit of America of these days! If we
are to be Tough on
These two Americas only exist "anecdotally" (that is to say in
narratives of lived experience). Statistically, things have
never been better. Unemployment is at a 30 year low and inflation is under
control. One doesn't have to fudge the numbers. All one has to do is fudge
the conditio
from Dispatches by Michael Herr:
Page 2,
"At the end of my first week in country I met an information officer in
the headquarters of the 25th Division at Cu Chi who showed me on his map
and then from his chopper what they'd done to the Ho Bo Woods, the
vanished Ho Bo Woods taken off by giant
NY Times, March 3, 2000
Pondering That Indiscreet Charm of the Superrich: Nothing Left to Buy?
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Rex Golding, a partner at Softbank Technology Ventures, has made a lot more
money than he had ever expected. But even among the circle he associates
with, things are getting a
