It appears, however, that depending on the journal and the editorial leadership, agreement by reviewers on whether to publish submitted articles varies widely; from substantial to slightly greater than one would expect with random assignments of acceptance or rejection.
Marcus Brauchli, the top-ranking editor at the time of the sale, worked diligently on a detailed editorial-independence agreement that, in a version Murdoch rejected, would have created an advisory board to vet personnel choices and would presumably have protected senior editors from the new owner's whims.
In "A Watershed Agreement" (editorial, Sept. 10), you rightly hail the new Catskills agreement that both protects sensitive lands near the Belleayre Ski Center and allows a scaled-down resort project to advance there.
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on initial journal responses, thoughtful participation in class discussions, cooperation in pairs, detail in keeping accurate plant log books, accuracy of papers summarizing their plant experiments, and editorials on their agreement with the policy to keep the location of the Methuselah tree secret.
Last night, advisers to both sides said they were close to reaching an agreement on editorial control, but it was unclear whether the Bancrofts would approve a deal.
Your editorial opposing the United States-India agreement on civil nuclear cooperation urges Congress to delay passing the legislation that will permit the United States to carry out that agreement ("A Bad Deal," Sept. 9).
On the day your editorial appeared, we reached agreement with the City Council on the rezoning of the Brooklyn waterfront, showing that the mayor is hard at work on projects across the city.
Re "Common Sense Prevails on the Museum" (editorial, March 29), about the agreement between Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the Brooklyn Museum that concludes the legal wrangling over the "Sensation" exhibition: You rightly note that museum leaders need to have a closer look at financing for museum exhibitions of privately owned objects.
Jennie Kaufman Brooklyn, April 9, 2008 To the Editor: As you note in "Going Soft on Corporate Crime" (editorial, April 10), deferred prosecution agreements are a weak deterrent to corporate crime.
While BBC Worldwide will not retain ownership of these 18 titles it will keep a "strong continuing editorial interest under licensing agreements".
