The Plug-In Drug critique of television in family life
A mixed review of Marie Winn’s The Plug-In Drug argues the book’s thesis that watching television shapes children’s minds more than content alone. It notes the theory that TV encourages dependence, dampens verbal skills, and correlates with declines in literacy and family interaction, while acknowledging some insightful points and occasional speculative reasoning.
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Marie
Jeremiads
Parent- Teachers Association
Miss Winn
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America
Cassandra
John Cheever
Bullet Park
Eric Andersen to Headline Rutland Benefit Concert
National folk singer Eric Andersen will perform at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Rutland on Saturday April 30. Opening act The Shawmut Mistress, a Rupert duo, will join a benefit for the Vermont ACLU Rutland County chapter. Tickets are sold at Stereo Theater, Music For You and Peterson’s Music.
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Mount Saint Joseph Academy
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Pittsburgh
United States
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Vanguard Records
Town Hall
Greenwich Village
Anderson
Pete Seeger
Jack Elliot
Doc Watson
Bob Dylan
Dave van Ronk
Len Chandler
Pat Sky
John Hurt
New York Times
Robert Shelton
Blue River
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Jackson Browne
Maria Muldaur
Shawmut
Rupert
Peter Desjardins
Anita Sandler
New England
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The
American Civil Liberties Union
Rutland County
Stereo Theater
Music For
Peterson
Betty Allen
Williams College Choral Society
Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn
Chapin Hall
Williamstown
Mass
Feminist Dance Collective hosts Wallflower Order in Brattleboro
The Brattleboro Women's Center announces a Wallflower Order Dance Collective concert from Eugene Ore featuring five performers. The event is Friday May 6 at 8 pm at the Brattleboro Recreation Center with tickets 2.50, group rates 2 each for 10 or more, child care offered. A May 7 workshop at Brattleboro Karate Studio runs 1 to 3 pm with a 3 dollar fee. combined concert and workshop 5 dollars. Call Cheryl 254-5620 or Laura 297-0940 for child-care reservations. Tickets at the Center, The Good Life, Marlboro College Bookstore.
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Brattleboro Recreation Center
Main Street
Wallflower Order
Brattleboro Karate Studio
Elliot Street
Cheryl
Laura
the Good Life
Marlboro College
Castleton professor refutes Einstein in new book
Castlton State College mathematics and science assistant professor Leonid Sokolow argues in A Dual Ether Universe that Einstein's constants and relativity are incorrect. He proposes a dual ether as the substance of all matter, presents a simplified gravity law, sun mass distribution, and a new universe model with experimental tests to challenge relativity.
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Castleton
Vermont State College System
Albert Einstein
Leonid Sokolow
Castleton State College
Sokolow
Einstein
Beach Boys Love You tones and nineties nostalgia
Brian Wilson's Beach Boys return divides critics as The Beach Boys Love You shows a mix of childlike naivete and simplified lyrics over Moog textures. Kenny Nolan defends self-made hits while Suzi Quatro fades from the spotlight amid mixed US reception, with contrasts in 1970s rock currents.
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Brian Wilson
Beach Boys
Bruce Springsteen
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