Let Them Eat Caviar and a Dictator’s Profligacy in Haiti
A harsh critique of Jean Claude Duvalier's regime highlights a $5 million wedding feast for his 27 year old bride amid Haiti’s dire poverty. The piece notes 40,000 Haitians leaving for the United States as economic crisis deepens and warns revelry worsens discontent with the president-for-life.
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Haiti
Jean Claude
Duvalier
Hemisphere
Port Au - Prince
Baby Doc
Duvalier Ranch
Florida Keys
United States
Cambodia
Washington
Dayle W. Rhoden
Italy’s view of America a tempered reverse moon landing
The piece contrasts Rome and Washington arguing Italy’s complicated but loyal stance toward the US. It notes Italy’s 42 governments since fascism, pro American sentiment, NATO roles, and the Iran rescue as a reverse moon landing illustrating American decline. It urges Americans to avoid condescension toward Italy amid global shifts.
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Rome
Washington
L’enfant
Italy
Istanbul
Edward Gibbon
Henry Kissinger
Gibbon
Kissinger
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Germany
Britain
United States
France
America
U. S
Mussolini
Letters to the Editor express civic concern and political views
Readers discuss sidewalk litter and pride in cleanup efforts on Whiskey Road. They urge ongoing care and civic responsibility. Other letters critique refugee policy, foreign aid, and political campaigns, praising or challenging candidates and public figures in Georgia and South Carolina.
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Kissinger
U. S
Whiskey Road
Jeannie de Pujo
Kerr Dr
Public Letters to Editor Seek Signed Submissions
Community editors request letters be handwritten or typed with clear legibility and a return mailing address. Anonymous messages will not be considered and all letters may be edited for space and libel concerns. Letters should stay within about 200 words unless editors allow exceptions.
Debating Prom Etiquette and Presidential Choices
In Providence a senior prom fracas over a gay date highlights evolving social norms. The piece argues Carter and Reagan, both decent options, offer moral leadership amid charges from the Northeast that they are unsuitable, urging voters to back a hopeful change.
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U.S
United States
Land of the Free
Messrs
Carter
Reagan
Jerry Brown
Abscam
Northeast
Boston Globe
Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Globe
Hoover
Stanford
Harvard
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Castro
Fort Chaffee
Jeffrey Moffett
Atlanta
Mr. Moffett
Congress
Moffett
Direct Mail Marketing Association
E. 43Rd Street
New York
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Augusta
Thomas L. Moore
Moore
Tom Moore
Aiken County
Gunn Sawyer
North
Ashley
Providence
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Sex Information and Education Council of the
George F. Will
Kinsey
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Ars
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Aoees
John Connally
MR. Talese
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