View on Davis and Henson Legacy Remains With Many
Our view honors Sammy Davis Jr and Jim Henson as entertainers whose work endures on film and television. Davis, a talent of many facets, battled discrimination and supported charities including the United Negro College Fund. Henson created iconic Muppets that delighted children and adults, with Disney's record of acquisitions signaling a lasting influence.
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Sammy Davis Jr
Jim Henson
Mr. Davis
United Press International
Vernon Scott
Bob Hope
United Negro College Fund
Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggy
Gonzo
Big Bird
Bert
Ernie
Michael Eisner
Frank Wells
Walt Disney Co
Disney Company
Henson
Mr. Henson
Walt Disney
Tinkertoys Help Fix Hubble Space Telescope Antenna
NASA engineers used two boxes of Tinkertoys a lamp cord masking tape and glue to build a model that revealed a method to free the Hubble space telescope high gain antenna after costly computer driven solutions failed The improvised approach enabled the fixes and bridged imagination with engineering progress.
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Isaac Newton
James Watt
NASA
David Skillman
John Decker
Edward Teller
Pinecrest pupils urge school to feature their news
A Pinecrest Elementary class and parents urge the Aiken Standard to give equal coverage to smaller schools. They recount student activities, highlight inclusive stories, and express desire to see more photos and longer articles about Pinecrest achievements.
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Aiken
Pinecrest
Sebbot
Aiken Standard
Write a Letter to the Editor for Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with a readable mailing address for publication. Brief, to the point submissions are preferred and may be edited or condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken South Carolina 29802 for consideration.
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Aiken
8.C
Liberal Hour And Conservative Role In US Politics
The piece argues the 1980s shifted from conservatism to liberal reforms as Bush faces pressures from NAACP quotas and anti-discrimination debates. It notes Baker's Moscow visit, Baltic protests, and a looming clash over race-based policies, taxation, and foreign policy with a call to loyal conservatives to resist capitulating to liberal trends.
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James Baker
Moscow
Soviet Union
Estonia
Latvia
Baker
Ican
Gorbachev
Baltic
Arthur Schlesinger
Dukakis
Little Duke
ACLU
Willie Horton
Dr. Schlesinger
Democratic Party
Civil Rights Act 1990 tests Bush commitment to blacks
Bush seeks to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1990 amid high black polls. Analysts note his support stems from not yet facing hard choices on ice to them and from a favorable context with no white Democratic rival. The bill’s passage becomes a litmus test for his civil rights credibility and potential impact on future elections.
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Ashington
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Mario Cuomo
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jimmy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Edward M. Kennedy
Ick
Benjamin Hooks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Willie Horton
Michael S. Dukakis
Supreme Court
John Deardourff
Justice Department
Congressional Republicans
George Bush
A Tenured Professor inspires a Cambridge satire
A satirical tale of Montgomery Marvin who builds the Index of Irrational Expectations to amass wealth as a corporate raider. John Kenneth Galbraith skewers Harvard, tenure, and Reagan era finance through a wry campus fable set in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Nce
Harvard Economics
Montgomery Marvin
Cambridge
Mass
Marvin
John Kenneth Galbraith
Houghton Mifflin
Harvard
Galbraith
Gus Maxwell McCrimmon
Young Marvin
McCrimmon
Marisie
United Way
Daddy Warbucks
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Hagen Court
John F. Boyette
Melanie L. Arney
Sue S. Brown
Scott B. Hunter
Usiness
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Patrick J. Buchanan
Tribune Media Services
White House
Ben Hooks
NAACP
Ieee
George Washington University
Edward Kennedy
Jesse Jackson
Jesse
W. de Klerk
Nelson Wiandela
African National Couess
New York Times
ANC
GOP
Teddy
Lithuania
Jack W. Sermons
Jules Witcover
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Abe Zaidan
Military Academies
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