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Riyadh Journal; TV Is Beamed at Arabs. The Arabs Beam Back.

Date: 04 March 1992

By Youssef M. Ibrahim

Youssef

At 9 every night, from Dhahran on the Persian Gulf to Riyadh in the middle of the Saudi desert, thousands of television viewers blithely ignore the nightly news program on Saudi television to tune into a television channel that is barred from the Government-controlled airwaves. Elsewhere in the Arab world more and more people are doing likewise, spurning the boring, censored, Government-produced programs that in most Arab countries have been the only television fare since the medium was introduced to the region in the 1950's.

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Japanese Mariners Bid Irks Most Americans, Poll Shows

Date: 04 March 1992

The proposed purchase of the Seattle Mariners by the Nintendo Company of Japan is disconcerting to a majority of Americans, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. There is "something about" Japanese companies buying North American major league baseball teams that "bothers" 57 percent of the 1,673 adults nationwide who were interviewed by telephone. Eight percent said they thought it was all right for Japanese companies to buy major league teams and 34 percent said it didn't matter to them.

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2 Correspondents for Times Among Polk Award Winners

Date: 03 March 1992

By Marvine Howe

Marvine Howe

Two foreign correspondents for The New York Times are among the winners of George Polk Awards for 1991 announced yesterday by Long Island University. Francis X. Clines, The Times's bureau chief in Moscow, was honored for his coverage of the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism. Barbara Crossette, who headed the Times bureau in New Delhi, won for her coverage of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.

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THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Poll; In Poll, Voters Are Unhappy With All the Choices

Date: 03 March 1992

By Robin Toner

Robin Toner

Americans enter the busiest stretch of the primary season in a frustrated mood, dissatisfied with President Bush but overwhelmingly convinced that none of the candidates for President really understand their lives, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. Mr. Bush's approval rating stands at 40 percent, a new low for him in the Times/CBS News poll, although it was unchanged from his reading last month when the poll's margin of sampling error is taken into account.

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Public & Private; The Right Call

Date: 04 March 1992

By Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen

All our lives are filled with "everyone knows" stories. "Everyone knows" the man down the street is having an affair with his wife's bridge partner. "Everyone knows" the head of purchasing takes kickbacks from suppliers. "Everyone knows" the boss is a lech. If you've seen him in action, you may warn the new receptionist not to stay late and alone. And if you've comforted a friend who says he tried to rape her, you may even go to the boss's boss. It's a balancing act, depending on the behavior, the evidence, on what the stakes might be.

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Jay F. Sharbutt A.P. Writer, 51

Date: 03 March 1992

Jay F. Sharbutt, a correspondent, theater critic and most recently senior television writer for The Associated Press, died on Wednesday at his apartment in Brooklyn. He was 51 years old. He died of a heart attack, his former wife, Jeanne Drewsen, said.

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Weighing the Thorny Issue of Anonymous Charges

Date: 03 March 1992

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

Did The Seattle Times act properly on Sunday when it published a report in which eight unidentified women accused Senator Brock Adams of sexual misconduct, in one case, rape? Or was the Senator a victim of the press, as he angrily asserted at a news conference on Sunday when he also announced that he would not seek re-election?

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Public Likes Tax Cut but Not Motive

Date: 03 March 1992

By Adam Clymer

Adam Clymer

The American public overwhelmingly supports the kind of middle- class tax cut Democrats in Congress propose, but does not give the Democrats much credit for the idea, the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll shows. Sixty percent of the public said the Democrats proposed the cut more because they felt it would win them votes than because they thought it would help the economy. That skepticism is all the more striking because 56 percent of the public said they thought the economy would benefit from a cut like the Democrats' $400 credit for working couples passed by the House last week.

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Judge Extends Ames Deadline

Date: 03 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

A Federal bankruptcy judge has extended until April 2 the deadline for Ames Department Stores Inc. to file a revised reorganization plan. During that period no other parties involved in the company's bankruptcy can file a competing plan.

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Scott Paper Sells Food-Box Division

Date: 03 March 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Scott Paper Company said it had sold its food-service container business to a corporation controlled by Trinity Capital Partners. Terms were not disclosed. Trinity Capital Partners, a private company based in Philadelphia, said the Scott business would be combined with Winkler Products, which also manufactures plastic products for the food-service industry.

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