Guiding an archbishop at Seboomook on a rainy Maine trip
In Friendship Maine the 13th Grandfathers Retreat coincides with the Bicentennial and heavy July rains. A near-tragedy at Seboomook Dam involves a father and son after a canoe capsized, the boy stranded on a rock until the dam gates closed. An Anglican archbishop visits to salmon fish, guided by Roary Bolster who humorously coaches him in fly casting. The tale closes with the archbishop’s courteous, if imperfect, fishing lesson.
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Bill
Dave
Seboomook
Seboomook Dam
Smithsonian
Canada
Maine
Folsom Flying Service
Seboomook Lake
Roary
Reagan’s failed bid for the presidency analyzed
The article argues Ronald Reagan’s 1976 challenge to Ford was brave but flawed. It cites conservative hesitancy, lack of a killer instinct, and factional tensions within the GOP. John Sears tried to preserve party unity while targeting reformist conservatives, but this undermined a decisive anti Ford strategy, limiting victory chances.
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Reagan
James G. Blaine
Arthur
Paul Laxalt
Jesse Helms
Ford
John Sears
Nixon, Mudge, Et al
Messrs. Reagan
Sears
Gerald Ford
New Hampshire
Life expectancy stalled despite cancer gains in past century
A demographer suggests even if cancer were fully conquered tomorrow, life expectancy would not rise much. Since 1900, birth-year gains were large, but gains for those reaching 70 are small as diseases of older people persist. The piece contrasts longer life spans with persistent risk from noncancer causes.
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Conrad Treuber
Kennedy Institute
Cancer Elimination Shifts Deaths to Other Causes
Actuarial analysis shows eradicating cancer would raise lifespans by about 2.5 years overall, but only 1.4 years for those 65 and older. Removing cancer would reallocate deaths to heart disease, strokes, influenza, diabetes, accidents, and more, with two thirds of cancer deaths replaced within a few years by other killers. The piece notes uncertainty about overall health costs and argues the conquest of cancer should not be abandoned, while highlighting remaining gaps in reducing early-age death rates.
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Taeuber
Let us drop adjectival Democrats in campaign rhetoric
In a column the writer condemns the use of Democrat as an adjective for the Democratic party in political discourse. The piece cites Ronald Reagan as an example of proper language and argues voters and speakers should stop mislabeling the party's name before the November elections.
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Democrat Platform
Congress
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
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N.Y. Times News Service
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George Will
Washington
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Bennington Road
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North Bennington High School
St. Joseph College
Charles H. Gingles
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
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WAC
State University of New York At Albany
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Lincoln Sr
Richard F. Lang
Jacksonville
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
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Shaftsbury
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Ma’’ Ferguson
Texas
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