Times Crowned With Titles Mister Rules In News
Editorial survey of how The New York Times treats honorifics for newsmakers. It notes when to keep Mr and when to drop it, citing Agnew Hiss Booth and Lizzie Borden. It discusses editorial practice and reader questions about Ms and societal honorifics.
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New York Times
Times
Smith
The
John Wilkes Booth
Agnew
A.M. Rosenthal
Mr. Agnew
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Mr. Hiss
Rosenthal
Lizzie Borden
Miss Borden
Miss Jones
Fall River
Mass
Martin Arnold
Congress
James Jason Kilpatrick
The Christmas Shoplifting Season Warns Merchants
The season brings good news for merchants but a warning about shoplifting. Many offenders are teens, housewives, and others lured by bargains, and getting caught can lead to embarrassment or loss of security clearances for government jobs. Those who resist temptations protect themselves and others.
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Mark Twain
Congress
Long Beach
J. H. Mallory
End of price stamps in stores may come with new computer systems
Washington considers shifting to electronic checkout that uses bar coded product labels and computer pricing. Shoppers would see receipts listing exact brand and product details while shelf stickers become the only price display. Industry executives defend cost savings and inventory benefits despite consumer concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia Knauer
Nixon
Letters to the Editor raise safety and governance concerns
A Long Beach reader questions boating safety funding and its impact on California deaths while urging a legislative investigation. Other letters criticize highway fuel rules, rodeos, Watergate’s legacy, and energy use, and complain about police staffing and decorative lighting on Oil Islands and the Queen Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Coast Guard
California
Michigan
New York
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development
E. Greenbrae
George A. Askblund
A and B
Women Liberation in Maoist China A Long Road Ahead
A Soviet era style survey notes China before and after Mao with women rising from inferior status to wage parity in many contexts. It cites Confucian roots, female factory participation, family planning gains, and ongoing political underrepresentation.
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WU Kuo-Chung
Shanghai
Allen Dues
CIA
China
Peofle
Communist Party
Ith Party
New China
Pasang
People’s Daily
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Michael J. Conlon
United Press International
Peter Principle
Gilbert J. Goodwin
Probe Boat Safety
John Well
Hitler
United States
Senate
Ora
U.S
Richard D. Nuttall
Charles Brunner
First Street
Locust Avenue
Long Beach Boulevard
John W. Rudelili
Pek Vipat
Red
Peking
Confucius
Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek
New Yor Times
CL. Sulzberger
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