The Hotel Shennsylvania in Midtown Manhattan
A humorous travel note about staying at the fictional Hotel Shennsylvania in New York City. The writer laments a Spartan room 436 and a noisy, offbeat stay, contrasting city highlights with a wish to avoid the hotel in future and instead visit a place like Shmontana.
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New York City
Shennsylvania
Shmanhattan
Shmadison Square Garden
North America
Elizabeth Taylor
B.C
New York
Shmontana
Advice to graduates from Mark Patinkin on life and career
Mark Patinkin offers career and life guidance for graduates, citing perseverance, adaptability, and keeping roots while pursuing opportunities. He shares personal anecdotes about sports, parenting, and avoiding quick fixes, emphasizing hard work, cheerfulness, resilience after failure, and staying true to oneself. He closes with practical cautions and a final line about staying hungry for the puck.
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Captain Kirk
GE Introduces 4D Ultrasound System For Real Time Fetal Imaging
General Electric unveils a 4D ultrasound device enabling real time imaging of a fetus, boasting a dramatic TV commercial showing a mother and husband reacting to their unborn child. The ad promotes the new GE Medical Systems technology as a medical and emotional milestone.
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Gemedicalsystems.com
Abortion Debate Deepens Over Clearer Medical Imaging
A GE press release touts imaging that reveals a developing child more clearly, aiding diagnosis while fueling a cultural clash over fetal status. The issue raises questions about rights, abortion, end of life, and potential cloning implications as parents, doctors, and policymakers weigh the meaning of life.
Picture a mother by ultrasound to influence abortion choice
A pro life perspective urges pregnancy help centers to use GE 4D ultrasound to show every pregnant woman her baby. The author cites a Mansfield Texas patient who felt closer after seeing the image and argues the law should require viewing before abortion.
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Michelle Tooms
Mansfield
Texas
Connect the Dots on Business Ethics and Scandals
In the Texas Observer interview Bill Black, UT LBJ School professor and former enforcement official, analyzes what he calls control fraud in S&L and the wider financial sector. He links Enron era scandals to a broader erosion of ethics, noting denial and rationalization among leaders and critics media coverage gaps.
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Texas Observer
Bill Black
S&l
Black
LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
S&l Crooks
Charles Keating
Jim) Wright
Congress
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street
U.S
Chandra Levy
Enron
Global Crossing
Merrill Lynch
Arthur Anderson
Ken Lay
Bill Bennett
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Shtreet
Great Wall of China
Dave Barry
Your Sir
Mark
Mark Patinkin
Providence Journal
Knight Ridder/Tribune Information
Thomas Edison
Edison Electric Light Company
General Electric
Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services
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