Much Ado About Marriage in 1976 Commentary
A light yet pointed essay on marriage trends in 1976 cites Harper’s, Wall Street Journal, and Psychology Today. It mocks overclinical therapy, notes rising marriage discourse, and proposes playful fixes like Flagg’s Marriage Center while endorsing classic novels Madame Bovary and Family Happiness as antidotes.
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Boston
Harper's
Navarone
Wall Street Journal
A.D
Venus
Adonis
Flagg
James Montgomery Flagg
Freud
Flaubert
Tolstoy
Welch wins weekly Write-An-Ad prize for soldiers home entry
The Banner reports One F Welch of the Soldiers Home wins the weekly five dollar Write-An-Ad contest with the most entries in a field led by men. The item notes women’s ad-writing prowess at Economy Auto Stores and hints at local civic updates from Bennington area.
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F. Welch
Debate Over Garment Button Placement Sparks Letters
Readers of the Guardian correspondence column weigh why buttons sit on the left for women and right for men. Devon and Cheshire correspondents offer practical and cheeky explanations while a Lancashire reader questions orientation of buttonholes. A Lancs reader adds a fresh query about vertical versus horizontal buttonholes.
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The
Guardian
London
Devon
Cheshire
Lancashire
Campus comment on beards at 1976 reunion
The Kansas City Star notes a playful future remark about the class of 1976 reuniting in twenty years and seeing how everyone looks without beards, capturing a light campus mood.
Religion and Carter in the 1980 Wisconsin primary
The piece surveys the religious issue in presidential contests, noting Kennedy’s Catholic question in 1960, West Virginia dynamics, and current Wisconsin views. It examines Carter's perceived emotional religion, Niebuhr quotes, and how faith may shape his approach to the presidency alongside Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish voting patterns.
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John Kennedy
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
West Virginia
Humphrey
Goldwater
Miller
Pat Lucey
California
Jerry Brown
Gov. Brown
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Winston-Salem
Reinhold Niebuhr
Washington Post
Jules Witcover
Wisconsin
Udall
Jackson
Christian Science Enlianing Society
Quote on TV critique by Mason Williams
Mason Williams argues that criticism of television is valid because his two eyes and mind exceed the one eye and mind of television. The remark appears in Mason Williams The FCC Rapport published by Liveright in paperback for $2.95.
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Mason Williams
FCC
Liveright
Sen. Griffin
Cox
Marie Antoinette
Jean- Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau
France
When is a quotation not a quotation
A New York Times News Service piece explains famous disputed quotes. It outlines five cases from public figures like Frank Hague and Marie Antoinette, plus Kissinger and Nixon, illustrating misattribution, anonymous sourcing, and false attributions in a historical context.
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Woodward
Bernstein
Nixon
Edward Cox
White House
Cox
Sen
Robert Griffin
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