Is 'Flack Whacking' Good Public Relations?
Date: 02 October 2000
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
Sterling Hager public relations firm and its client, e-tractions Inc, Web entertainment company, are exploiting growing antagonism between journalists and public relations people with Whack-a-Flack Web site; site, simple arcade-style game, lets player nail flacks with their own news releases, folded into paper airplanes; game is designed to attract print media attention to e-tractions; has also enabled company to compile database on how journalists view various public relations agencies; photo (M)
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A Grave Young Man at Yale; To Lieberman the Editorialist, Even Boxing Was Evil
Date: 02 October 2000
By Paul Zielbauer
Paul Zielbauer
Copies of editorial columns published by Joseph Lieberman between October 1962 and January 1964 while he was chairman and chief editorial writer of student-run Yale Daily News are made public; Democratic Vice Presidential candidate lauded President Kennedy and excoriated Southern segregationists, urged Congress to tackle New Frontier legislation and lectured Yale University's president on First Amendment; he also called for national no-smoking campaign and a ban on boxing; photo (M)
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Supporter of 'Female Presence,' but No Boxing Fan
Date: 02 October 2000
Excerpts from editorials Joseph I Lieberman wrote in The Yale Daily News (S)
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CANDIDATES GIVEN HIGH MARKS IN POLL ON FITNESS TO LEAD
Date: 03 October 2000
By Richard L. Berke With Janet Elder
Richard Berke
New York Times/CBS News Poll finds most Americans, on eve of first debate between Vice Pres Al Gore and rival Gov George W Bush, believe both are strong leaders, but consider Gore far more prepared for White House and better qualified to deal with world leaders and Congress; even those who say they intend to back Bush have reservastions about his preparedness; both receive high marks on potential to be effective president; poll finds Bush's personal popularity has eroded slightly while Gore's has continued to improve; finds race is so competitive that difference in support between Gore and Bush is statistically insignificant; other findings discussed; charts (M)
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National News Briefs; Two Major Insurers To Pay for Abortion Pill
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Aetna Inc and Cigna Corp, major health insurers, say they will pay for RU-486 abortion pill, but that they expect some employers to exclude such coverage from their benefit plans (S)
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ALZA EXERCISES OPTION TO PURCHASE CRESCENDO
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Alza Corp exercises its option to buy Crescendo Pharmaceuticals Corp, former Alza unit used to finance research and development through outside investors, for $100 million in cash (S)
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INTERNATIONAL PAPER TO SELL MASONITE FOR $523 MILLION
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
International Paper Co sells its Masonite Corp unit to Premdor Inc of Canada for $523 million (S)
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NAVISTAR SHARES RISE ON WORD OF PURCHASE OFFER
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares of Navistar International Corp jump on report that company, third-largest truck maker, received conditional pruchase offer from Paccar Inc, but Paccar later says it did not make a bid (S)
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Bakery Deal in Canada
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Onex Corp acquires Pennant Foods through its SC International Services unit to add Pennant's line of baked goods and mixes (S)
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Cruise Line Orders 2 Ships
Date: 03 October 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Carnival Cruises says its Costa Crociere unit will buy two new ships for about $900 million; Costa Crociere will buy 2,720-passenger ships from Italian shipyard Fincantieri Cantieri Navali; vessels will be delivered in late 2003 and 2004; move is part of Carnival's plan to expand in Europe (S)
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