Favourite Newspaper Headlines

Excerpted from the 'Notebook' pages of The New Republic 1995:

Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link

Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995

Whatever Their Motives, Moms Who Kill Kids Still Shock Us

Holland Sentinel, date unknown.

Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut

The New York Times, November 22

Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find

The Los Angeles Times, November 2

'Light' Meals are Lower in Fat, Calories

Huntington Herald-Dispatch, November 30

Alcohol Ads Promote Drinking

The Hartford Courant, November 18

Malls Try to Attract Shoppers

The Baltimore Sun, October 22

Official: Only Rain Will Cure Drought

The Herald-News, Westpost, Massachusetts

Teenage Girls Often Have Babies Fathered by Men

The Sunday Oregonian, September 24

Low Wages Said Key to Poverty

Newsday, July 11

Man Shoots Neighbor With Machete

The Miami Herald, July 3

Tomatoes Come in Big, Little, Medium Sizes

The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30

Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows

The New York Times, March 10

Man Run Over by Freight Train Dies

The Los Angeles Times, March 2

Scientists See Quakes in L.A. Future

The Oregonian, January 28

Wachtler Tells Graduates That Life in Jail is Demeaning

The Buffalo News, February 26

Free Advice: Bundle Up When Out in the Cold

Lexington Herald-Leader, January 26

Prosecution Paints O.J. as a Wife-Killer

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25

Economist Uses Theory to Explain Economy

Collinsville Herald-Journal, February 8

Bible Church's Focus is the Bible

Saint Augustine Record, Florida, December 3, 1994

Clinton Pledges Restraint in Use of Nuclear Weapons

Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6

Discoveries: Older Blacks Have Edge in Longevity

The Chicago Tribune, March 5

Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear

Journal of Commerce, April 20

Biting Nails Can Be Sign of Tenseness in a Person

The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, New York, May 2

Lack of Brains Hinders Research

The Columbus Dispatch, April 16

Chick Accuses Some of Her Male Colleagues of Sexism

"Accusing some of her male colleagues of sexism, Los Angeles Councilwoman Laura Chick lashed out at City Hall on Thursday as [sic] the 'most sexist good-old-boys work environment that I've ever been in.' ..."

The Los Angeles Times, June 23

How We Feel About Ourselves is the Core of Self-Esteem, Says Author Louise Hart

Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5

Fish Lurk in Streams

Rochester, New York, Democrat & Chronicle, January 29
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