Language expert outlines regional speech and news censorship
The piece covers Soviet news control after Brezhnev’s death and censorship in Afghanistan related reporting. It also profiles Raven McDavid Jr who leads the linguistic Atlas project at the University of Chicago and discusses Southern speech patterns and pronunciation variations with examples from Boston to Charleston.
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Russia
Salang Tunnel
Wall Street Journal
David Satter
Moscow
Financial Times of London
United States
Canada
University of Chicago
South
Raven McDavid Jr
Greenville
Furman
Duke
The
Christian Science Monitor
Eliza Doolittle
Lucia Mouat
Monitor
McDavid
Michigan
Virginia
Charleston, S.C
Our Readers Write on Social Security and Patriotism
A reader questions if presidents should decide alone and urges citizens to sacrifice Social Security. He suggests giving up benefits to bolster national strength and peacetime resolve, mentioning Veterans Day and appealing to patriotism. He signs Frank J. Meinen from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin.
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Reagan
Frank J. Meinen
Chippewa Falls
Thanks From Track Club Palmetto State Marathon Thanks for help
The Aiken Track Club thanks volunteers and sponsors who made the 3rd Annual Palmetto State Marathon Half marathon a success. Gratitude goes to local organizations hospitals safety crews radio clubs businesses and supporters. The club invites continued help and hopes for a bigger event next year.
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Aiken Track Club
Palmetto
Aiken Produce Co
Schlitz and
Wagt-Tv
Smokers urged to join Great American Smokeout day
Thursday November 18 may mark a major milestone as the Great American Smokeout invites the public to stop smoking for a day. The American Cancer Society notes 16 million joined last year and 4.5 million quit for the day. past participation reached 14 million with over 1 million quitting entirely. The event began in Minnesota and has spread internationally.
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American Cancer Society
Minnesota
Cla rendon teachers sacrifice five days pay to keep schools open
Clarendon School District 3 teachers in Turbeville have offered to work five days without pay if needed to avoid school closures. The move follows a 4.6 percent budget cut ordered by the State Budget and Control Board, with lawmakers asked to allow districts to trim up to five days to balance budgets.
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Clarendon
Turbeville
State Budget and Control Board
General Assembly
Aiken County
Robert Paskel
Thought For Today Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A concise quotation attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson warns that anger costs happiness by the minute, urging calm. It reflects the 19th century philosopher's viewpoint on emotional restraint and personal well being.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Aiken letter addresses liberty, church power and Saluda voting
Aiken residents protest big government and school religion threats, citing Ira Glasser and Martin Luther King Jr. A letter argues liberties protect individuals and warns against state church influence and constraining rights. It objects to Saluda County residents voting on Aiken County tax matters, urging separate school systems if cross-county voting continues.
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Saluda County
Aiken County
ACLU
Ira Glasser
Aiken Standard
American Civil Liberties Union of
South Carolina
Martin Luther King, Jr
Birmingham
CBS Miniseries on Civil War Draws Fire Over Accuracy
Readers blast CBS three part War Between the States program Blue and Gray for distorting history The letter writer accuses the production of portraying slavery as sole war cause and omitting contrary facts such as John Brown and Grant owning slaves The author urges viewers to protest by writing CBS Press Information at 51 West 52nd St New York NY 10019
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CBS
Bruce Catton
John Brown
Heywood Shepherd
Brown
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
Lincoln
General Grant
Robert E. Lee
Dennis Brown
West 52Nd St
New York
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Black Sea
Ms. Mouat
Charleston
S.C
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