The Meaning Is Universal Merry Christmas Across Languages
A Biddeford Saco Journal piece notes a billion Christians greet one another in hundreds of tongues this week. It lists phrases in multiple languages from Polish and French to Ukrainian and Japanese, stressing that the words sound and look different yet share one meaning: Merry Christmas.
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Wesolych Swiat
Joyeaux Noel
Mexico
Feliz Navidad
Gledelig Jul
Vesele Vanoce
Kala Christougena
Linksma_ Kaledu
Srefan Bozic
Roman TV Parody Reports Star Over Middle East and Far-Flung Ads
The Fulvius Flavius program mocks current events with spoof news on a mysterious star in the Middle East, lavish Roman ads for Cicero springs and Caracalla soap, and a running gag about wise men, Druids, and Emperor Augustus. A weather joke signals rain over the seven hills as Rome falls to Goths.
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Fluvius
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Rome
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Cicero
Quintus Cunctator
Forum
Jericho
Herod
Augustus
Mark Anthony
Praetorian Guard
Seven Hills
Cincinnatis Emptor
Gaul
Sicily
Cincinnatus
Mediterranean
Egypt
Buddy
Fulvius Flavius
New York Times
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher Leaders Named
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists William E. Foster B F C Whitehouse Alta W Foster and W Paul Casavant as key figures with Charles C Sutton as managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse serves as president and treasurer The office provides daily publication from 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with standard AP news use and advertising contact details
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Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Immigrant Service probe strands graft and sex scandal
Washington notes Justice Department scrutiny of alleged procurement and prostitution ties within the Immigration Service. Accused officials including Lowell Martindale and Eugene Truck deny charges amid ongoing inquiry dubbed Operation Cleansweep. The report cites alleged blackmail attempts to boost budgets and smuggling in Nogales, with several officials denying wrongdoing.
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Immigration Service
White House
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Lowell Martindale
Nogales
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Martindale
Immigration
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Alfonso Velarde
Mexico
Leo Pellezzi
Ellis Myers
Norman Summers
Summers
Chihauhau
Immigration Services
General Services Administration
Justice
Department
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Pellerzi
Washington Scene Rocky's rocky road
Washington notes the coming adjustment period for Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller as tense and challenging. It recalls Roosevelt’s rough move to Washington and describes Rockefeller’s amiable start with President Ford, who values his experience and trust in him despite Nixon’s earlier rejection.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Franklin Roosevelt
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Rockefeller
Ford
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Doorkeeper
Catfish Hunter
Oakland Athletics
America
White House
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David Rockefeller
Massachusetts Avenue
White Valley House
Foxhall Road
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Ond
Capitol
New York Times
France and USSR exhibit sparks new Franco American ties
The Paris Moscow showing titled France and the U S S R the great moments of a tradition opens in New York drawing curiosity seekers and the politically minded. It cites Lafayette Franklin Poe Stein Hemingway and Kissinger while urging a joint Franco American exposition.
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U.S.S.R
United States
Lafayette
Washington
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de Grasse
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Us.s.a
Philadelphia
Madame de Stactoy
Jules Verne
New York State
Poe
Hemingway
Fitzgerald
Pound
Gertrude Stein
Acheson
Dulles
Rusk
Kissinger
Ford
Giscard D
Rene de Chambrun
U.S
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Stein
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America
Thomas Jefferson
New York Times
Christmas jollity and theology mix in satirical essay
A Washington columnist rails at seasonal excesses from Lord & Taylor signs to TV commercials for Mon Triomphe. He cites Frederick Beuchner's Wishful Thinking and the Virgin Birth debate, then quips about Xmas shorthand and a lighthearted theology lesson ending with festive wishes.
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Lord & Taylor Department Store
Tere
Frederick Beuchner
Harper & Row
Beuchner
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Paul
God
Christ
Beuchener
Lord & Taylor
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State Department
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Martinique
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Washington Scene
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Mills
Foreign Affairs
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Tom Paine
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George F. Will
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