What headlines say (intended or otherwise)...

I blogged about "home" (housing) truths -- ie, realities peculiar to Singapore -- yesterday. TODAY (Mar 26) published two letters that zeroed in on "truths" that have become pervasive in our education system. One of the writers even coined a very apt  phrase, the emergence of an "academic caste" system:

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The New Paper seems to have a knack for eye-catching headlines, like this one (Mar 26) that plays on the court evidence of a senior police officer (on trial for corruption) who alleged that the star witness and he ended up having oral sex after, he said, she had previously made advances to him...

The New Paper had, last year, won an SPH in-house award with this headline...

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Here's some more interesting headlines...

Hmm, is the headline suggesting that shooting the chief will set the record straight?

Before he fainted, Bieber was feeling really, really lousy?

A strange way to describe anguish/frustration and enjoyment/satisfaction.

Okay, if there is dilemma, there must be tri-lemma, quadri-lemma, etc?? What is the last "lemma"?

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I'll wrap up with more of the well-crafted headlines...