Conversations on Culture and Society in Boston Discuss Metaphor
Intellectuals from around the globe gathered in Boston for a third annual session of Conversazioni on Culture and Society. They debated a name for their era, with Bernard Levin proposing The Age of Disorder and Walt Rostow The Age of Regionalism, while acknowledging no consensus.
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Globe
Boston
Bernard Levin
The
London Times
Aiken Electric Seeks Court Action Over City Ordinance
In a letter to the editor Strom F. Doolittle of Aiken Electric Cooperative argues the proposed city ordinance restricting service to annexed areas harms the coop and city finances. He notes a temporary restraining order and injunction delay a final vote while urging PSC oversight rather than city arbitration. He projects a $145,000 revenue loss and $44 million in potential long term impact if SCE&G takes new customers.
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Aiken Electric
Sce&g
John H. Waller Jr
Second Judicial Circuit
Aiken
Co-op
State Public Service Commission
S.C. Public Service Commission
PSC
Public Service Commission
Sce&G’s
South Carolina
City of
Strom F. Doolittle
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Business Office Manager and Acting Circulation Chief
Ellen C. Priest serves as business office manager and Phyllis R. Carpenter acts as circulation manager. The note lists these two staff roles in the newspaper’s administrative team.
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Ellen C. Priest
Phyllis R. Carpenter
Surprising tolerance for Bush hints at evolving view
A columnist revisits political labels and admits Bush's unexpected potential as a leader. He contrasts Reagan era perceptions with Bush's early presidency, citing compassion for Hispanics and the downtrodden, and notes Bush's willingness to act against narcotics trafficking.
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Bush
Colombia
Peru
Bolivia
America
Reagan
We Helped Create A Divided Europe
A critique of East Berlin leader Erich Honecker and the postwar European divide. The piece credits Franklin Roosevelt with enabling the division via wartime decisions and argues Western fear of destabilization prolonged Cold War cleavages. It condemns missed chances to stop Hitler early and notes moral burden on America and Western Europe.
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York City
Erich Honecker
West
Machiavelli
Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe
Honecker
Stalin
East Berlin
Gorbachev
Struc
Franklin Roosevelt
Berlin
Prague
Yalta
Byorce
Hitler
Fdr
America
Tehran
Chamberlain
Daladier
Munich
Lenin
East
Germany
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Paul Fussell
Rhineland
Western
The Cholesterol Myth and Genetic Health Discourse
Atlantic cover story questions cholesterol reduction value and life span impact. It notes human variability in diet medicine responses and highlights genetic factors shaping immune strength and disease risk. It discusses Therafectin effects, plasmatopentaene cancer prevention, and Amish hereditary susceptibilities, then foresees rapid gene alteration in biotechnolosy.
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He Atlantic
Food and Drug Administration
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