Patterns of Ownership and Attitudes Toward Possessions
In an exploration of personal possessions across societies, the article outlines three main attitudes: Renouncers who reject private property for spiritual or ideological reasons. Extravagants who pursue ever more possessions through impulsive, trend driven, or replacement buying. and Frugals who restrain desires, value quality, and save for the future. It notes few people are pure examples, and happiness lies between extreme stances.
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Jesus
Buddha
Benedictines
Ghandi
Hollywood
The Qualities of Leadership for the 1976 Election
A critique of how voters choose leaders, arguing the next president must mobilize flexible talent, secure congressional consent, and speak to unify a diverse nation. It questions foreign expertise's primacy, notes a rising younger majority wary of past eras, and calls for a clear vision and real reform.
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Moscow
Peking
Soviet Union
China
United States
Vietnam
Watergate
Chappaquiddick
Israel
Detente to endure as Western aid ties Soviet growth
A 1975 CSPS piece reviews Robin Edmonds on detente, arguing Soviet economic distress in 1970 pushed a policy of cooperation with the West. It notes Soviet need for Western know‑how and capital to develop Siberia, predicting detente will persist as Western interest remains high and prices for raw materials rise.
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Henry Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Oxford University Press
N.Y
London
Robin Ed
Monds
Moscow
Foreign Office
Edmonds
Stalin
Germany
Japan
Siberia
Energy Sense by Frank G Zare Wind Power Ahead
Federal Energy Administrator outlines wind energy’s potential as a major answer to U S power needs. He recalls historical windmills of the Midwest and the Arab spread of wind technology from 634 A D onward, tracing energy origins to wind driven sites and future U S use.
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Frank G. Zare
Washington
America
Bob Dylan
Midwest
Windmills to Power America Then and Now
A historical overview traces windmill use from the 19th century to the present, noting early grain grinding, water pumping, and rural electrification. It highlights New Deal era funding for wind research, a 1975 milestone with Lake Erie wind turbine tests producing 100 kilowatts, and prospects for wind energy becoming a major source by 2000 with ongoing federal support.
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Atlantic
New World
America
Lake Erie
Ohio
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Shaftsbury
Warren Harding
James Cox
Franklin Roosevelt
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John W. Davis
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Ulysses S. Grant
Horatio Seymour
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Irving Stone
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Fred Harris
Joseph C. Harsch
Boston
Christian Science Publishing Society
Europe
Catamount National Bank
Jim Horrigan
North Bennington
Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
Vermont
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