But there's no free press in China, so even after Chinese reporters got wind of the health threat this summer, they were prevented from publicizing it for fear of tainting the nation's celebration of the Olympics.
"In many ways, it's a misperception," Perls says: The reality is that any scientist who has a hot finding won't publicize it before publishing it, for fear of getting scooped.
"Frankly speaking, we're not looking to publicize it," said Rick Clancy, a spokesman for Sony Electronics.
"Since this is offered to everyone universally, it was not as necessary" to publicize it, said Owen Stone, a spokesman for the city's Department of Finance, which runs all parking ticket adjudication programs.
Did an owner of the painting deliberately publicize it before putting it up for sale?
The news wasn't deemed material enough for Onyx to publicize it separately.
Incidentally over the last few days I am finding out there are a lot of people driving hybrids who are not publicizing it -- Kirk Douglas and Richard Dreyfuss, for instance.
Because impending vacancies are not always publicized, it is hard for the community to have a say in individual transactions, said Valerie Lynch, executive director of the Montague Street Business Improvement District.
Chris Whitford, a home-schooling mother on the Upper West Side, teaches the class of 11- to 14-year-olds and publicizes it through a newsletter for the New York City Home Educators Alliance as well as other home-schooling groups.
While Holy Land did advertise the free day in advance this year, in the past, the park has been criticized for not clearly publicizing it.
