Turkish President’s Allies Increasing Pressure on Times and Reporter
Date: 20 September 2014
By RICK GLADSTONE
Rick GLADSTONE
Turkish Pres Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his supporters have been denouncing The New York Times and Ceylan Yeginsu, one of the paper's correspondents, with growing furor, reacting to article about recruitment of fighters in Turkey by Islamic State militant group.
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A Kingdom Still Whole, but Far From United
Date: 20 September 2014
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Steven ERLANGER
News analysis; debate over regional and national autonomy that was set off by Scotland's failed referendum on independence has begun; argument promises a constitutional shake-up in the United Kingdom, which remains intact but by no means fixed or unchallenged, and awakens in Great Britain the realization that it has agreed to grant Scots considerable new powers to run their own affairs.
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Can a Computer Replace Your Doctor?
Date: 21 September 2014
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Elisabeth ROSENTHAL
News analysis; host of new data-driven technologies for health care, many with enormous potential, raise question of when technology and data have been useful to promote and ensure better health and added true value to health care; data about such benefits is mixed.
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How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics
Date: 21 September 2014
By MATT BAI
Matt BAI
Matt Bai article contends one cannot understand dispiriting state of American politics and political journalism without first understanding what happened to Gary Hart in 1987 and implosion of his presidential bid after suspected affair with Donna Rice.
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The Vain and the Desperate
Date: 21 September 2014
By FRANK BRUNI
Frank BRUNI
Frank Bruni Op-Ed column holds that Matt Bai's book All the Truth Is Out paints a dispiriting picture of American politics and political journalism; notes that book, which focuses on failed presidential campaign of Gary Hart, shows that political process guarantees that narcissists are the only ones who will enter politics.
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