465:. The reason Mr Koh gives for his view is that journalists in both Western and Communist countries work within clearly defined, although different, frameworks of values and norms. . . In contrast, he notes that 'journalists of the third world often find themselves working without knowing what are the operating norms and values'. . ." Mr Gill continues: "Singapore isn't noted for its
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That was just getting good. It would have been better if you could have turned that whole thing into a giant Wheel War. It would have been very entertaining. On one side would be the admins who thought the "Thought Police" comment was funny and on the other would have been the thought police admins.
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of a criticism, and that's almost as bad. Thought crime does not go unpunished here at wikipedia. Probably best that you just drop it, because pretty soon you won't be able to stop thinking about it, and then you'll start believing it, and then you'll actually do it. Yes, that's right, you'll end up
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Section where (probably because internet nerds are mostly below 30) older notables in this field have been neglected. I live in Paris (am bilingual in French and
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have a sense of humour? Should husbands share the housework? These are some of the provoking questions posed-and answered in
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could well serve as an example of this. This slim volume is a collection of newspaper columns penned under the
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Can we bring it back on your page, Derex? For those of you playing at home, I am kidding.
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of B.J.Wu. . .The columnist is in fact Ivy Goh Nair, a senior civil servant. . ."
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