Pursuit of Happiness and Equal Development Principles
This piece argues happiness as a byproduct of self-transcendence and fullest human development. It cites Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights and UN rights, detailing conditions like sustenance, equal opportunity, social status, and employment. It stresses integration, tolerance, and shared social cost to achieve genuine equality and welfare.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Vermont Honors Old First Church Site as Colonial Shrine
In Looking Back Wednesday notes Vermont lawmakers unanimously adopt a joint resolution declaring the Old First Church and its cemetery in Old Bennington as Vermont’s Colonial Shrine. The rest lists local 1940s and 1950s events including dairy herd records, boxing, business leadership, lodge honors, unemployment, a bicycle prize, school glasses drive, and notable national historical milestones.
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Vermont
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Tenure debates echo through Bennington and beyond
The piece compares faculty revolts at Texas and Bennington College over a female president, noting Bennington’s novel presumptive tenure and three-prolonged contracts. It links historic figures like Jonathan Edwards to modern academic governance, suggesting tenure debates mirror wider social shifts and cautioning against overreaching innovation in small private colleges.
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University of Texas
Vermont
Bennington College
City College of New York
Robert Frost
Bennington
Nelson Rockefeller
Edwards
Northampton
Saints
Jacob
Laban
Rachel
Aristotle
Harvard
Jonathan Edwards
Princeton
Retired City College professor splits time in Berkshire County
A City College of New York retiree fonds his life with residence in Berkshire County Massachusetts for part of each year as a base between scholarly engagements and family ties.
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Harry Conley
Bennington
Mickey Doyle
Jersey City
New York
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
City College of New York
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Nuclear Liability Fight Shapes Senate Debate on Price-Anderson
The Price-Anderson Act teeing nuclear liability at 560 million is under Senate review as costs to build reactors have surged. Critics led by Ralph Nader argue the public bears risk beyond coverage while industry claims the act protects consumers and incentivizes safety. Senator Gravel proposes restoring public rights to sue beyond the limit.
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Ralph Nader
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Congress
Nader
Mike Gravel
Senate
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