Truth and consequences at the Soviet Congress
Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze bluntly rejected the Old Guard and urged truth telling as a prerequisite for Western aid. He warned Moscow cannot defend itself if defense spending remains a quarter of output, and reminded critics that East Europe fell to Soviet power in 1956 1968 and 1979.
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Vaclav Havel
Czechoslovakia
Central
Europe
Havel
Eduard Shevardnadze
Soviet Communist Party
Shevardnadze
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Hungary
Afghanistan
Moscow
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Avoiding qualifiers in prose as White warned
A discussion of E B White s Rule 8 from The Elements of Style and how overuse of qualifiers dulls writing. The piece cites educational reform texts and media figures, contrasting cautious phrasing with direct, decisive prose and urging writers to drop hedges for clarity.
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E.B. White
Office Manager Ellen Priest and Sculation Director Daniel Holland
Ellen C. Priest appointed as office manager and Daniel S. Holland named as sculation director in the organization. Both assignments reflect administrative leadership changes and confirm new roles within the staff.
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Pivess
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
U.S. Must Reassess Global Role and Allies
The piece argues the United States should abandon a paternal foreign policy, questioning NATO leverage in Europe, the value of troops in Germany, and continued aid to Moscow. It warns that Soviet and German moves push Washington to rethink long term interests and military commitments abroad.
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France
Berlin
United States
Gorbachev
Kohl
Thatcher
Germany
U.S
Munich
Europe
Paris
London
Washington
Asia
Mitch Snyder Saint of the Streets Dies at 46
Mitch Snyder, famed homeless advocate who built a Washington shelter and sparked a national movement, was found dead by suicide at 46. Described as a relentless, controversial figure, his death followed years of protests, media attention, and fierce public debate over homelessness policy.
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Imperial City
Snyder
Washi D.C
Mitch Snyder
Reagan Administration
Samaritan
Martin Sheen
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Washington
P.T. Barnum
Mother Teresa
Carol Fennelly
America
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Fennelly
Mitch
Trump
Milken
USS
S&l
Mailmen, Stamps and Sacrifices Behind the Badge
A reflection on mail carriers facing danger and hard times. Stories include the West Virginia rural carrier Thurman Poe, a Michigan Santa letter responder Joyce Grammer, and California veteran Richard Lambca. A London tuberculosis ward tale contrasts toil with faith as a dying woman says she will show God her hands.
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West Virginia
Kewadin
Mich
Joyce Grammer
Santa Claus
London
God
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