No. 337: "Substandard"
To justify a current policy, a well-known organization cites these conditions: "unrelenting crowding, lack of privacy, infrequent communications with family and the outside world, no ability even to go … for fresh air and a view." Who is defending what policy?
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Thursday's Question (No. 336)--"Three for All":
Planned Parenthood, the Museum of Natural History, CNN--what's the connection?
"Name the next three entries on Liddy Dole's résumé."--Jim Derby
"Failed pitch for the next season's Real World: Wacky high jinks ensue when a group of reproductive-rights activists are picked to live in a neoclassical beaux-arts science institution on Central Park West and have their lives taped for a 24-hour news channel."--Michele Siegel
"Surprisingly, they all have very cruise-y men's rooms."--Larry Amoros
"Trendy weddings sites featured in the Times 'Style' section."--Julie Anderson
"Is there a board of directors that Gerald Ford won't sit on?"--Mark Greenberg
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