Aiken County Council remains divided as year ends with contract decision
The Aiken County Council approved a three year contract for County Administrator Scott Barnes with a 3 percent raise amid a 5 to 4 party split. Democrats supported the deal while Republicans opposed it, and changes to the council lineup are expected with four new members taking office.
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Aiken
Scott Barnes
Barnes
Willar Hightower
James Clyburn
Ray P. Garvin
Rosemary English
Eugene A. Duckett
Fay Hatcher
J. Michael Toole
Marilyn Smith
Toole
Ms. Hatcher
Aiken County
Soviet bid to join IMF World Bank opposed by Baker Kemp
Treasury Secretary James A. Baker and Rep. Jack Kemp argue against Soviet membership in the IMF and World Bank. They contend Moscow’s record of aggression and lack of commitment to free markets disqualify it, and note Conable’s remarks do not imply approval.
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International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Treasury
James A. Baker
Barber A. Conable
Moscow
Jack Kemp
R-N
U.S
Kemp
Ussr
Conable
Baker
IMF
Jahangir Amuzegar
The Writer's Art and Cadence in Prose
A discussion of rhythmic writing shows how word order creates cadence. Examples from Kennedy Bradley Nunn and other editors illustrate the musical beat in sentences and the impact on meaning and emphasis.
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Massachusetts
Georgia
New Jersey
Kennedy
Bradley
Nunn
Americans Buying American Again
The dollar’s strength draws foreign investment but a shift toward US products grows at retail level. At Chicago’s True Value Market, manufacturers tout US made goods from ITT to Oster and Hamilton Beach amid rising patriotism and a smaller trade deficit.
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United States
Germany
Chicago
USA
Detroit
ITT
Nordicware
Oster
Bunn
Hamilton Beach
Presto
Darey
Ed Lancot
The
True Value Company
Reagan era musings and a Columbia State ducking poem
A reader letters column teases Reagan era politics and media narratives, contrasting U S attitudes with Europe. It cites a Washington Post dispatch on democracy and Iran, questions about arms sales to Iran, and a joke from Jane Pauley about the Voyager trip. A Georgia duck hunter poem from 1959 ends the piece.
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Jane Pauley
Dick Rutan
Jane
Columbia State
Georgia
Herbert Hart
Irvine Belser
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Hilfinger
Eric Gelman
Newsweek
David Halberstam
Japan
America
Charles Krauthammer
Time
Kremlin
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Hungary
Rick
Ollie North
Iran
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Mastercard
Ashley
By Ashley Cooper
London
Economist
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Nicaragua
Paris
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College de France
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