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Not A Word!

The Tico Times made journalistic history by stoically refraining – for more than a year – from publishing a single word about the O.J. Simpson case, which was making sensational headlines and inspiring endless commentary worldwide. Our commendable restraint earned the paper a salute from San Francisco (Calif.) Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, who suggested a new motto for the TT masthead: “The Only Newspaper the Simpson Jury Can Read.”

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