Checks for bananas and the country going down the drain
Russell Baker uses a satirical rant to critique American attitudes toward money from checks to credit cards. He mocks the era of television violence and consumerism while lamenting perceived erosion of financial respect and budget discipline.
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Buster Crabbe
Mongo
Reagan
Miami
la Rive Coach
Rive Gauche
Rive Coach
la Rive
Europe
Editorial on Atomic Veterans Benefits and New Study
The piece discusses GAO findings that 41 percent of 42,000 service members at Bikini Atoll may have received higher radiation than Pentagon estimates. It urges a White House ordered study to decide if VA should pay medical claims, noting limited badge use and uncertainties in early radiation measurements.
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Pentagon
White House
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Sen. Cranston
General Accounting Office
Defense Nuclear Agency
Bikini Atoll
GAO
Veterans Administration
Harry Walters
Donald A. Hicks
Defense For Research and Engineering
U.S
United States
Pacific Ocean
Nevada
Letters clash over freedom of speech in Mercer County schools
Multiple readers defend or attack board actions on Rev. Chabaku and school policy. Critics challenge “grandstanding” speeches and urge careful handling of freedom of speech, religion, and local hiring. The letters reference Rev. Chabaku, Bill Akers, Dr. McClellan, and broader debates on education, culture, and leadership in West Virginia.
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Bill Akers
Board of Education
Chabaku
Mercer County Committee For Freedom of
Akers
Defenders of Freedom
Mercer County
Rev. Chabaku
Dr. Steller
Steller
Edwards
West Virginia
United States
Dave Pedneau
Charleston
Kanawha County
Princeton
Bluefield
Mr. Marsh
Gazette
Ink pens and the ball point counterrevolution
Washington essay traces the rise of the ball point from 1888 patent by John Loud to 1945 mass sales at Gimbels and notes all the cultural and technological shifts surrounding pens. It praises Fahrney's as a fountain pen haven while lampooning overreliance on ball points and the decline of reading and writing in modern times. George Will is cited as a Washington Post columnist.
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Washington
Charles I
Lenin
Finland Station
White House
Fahrney
Rome
Pompeii
Lewis Waterman
John Loud
Argentina
Thoreau
Walden Pond
Germany
Tony Fifth Avenue
Fahrney’s
Fairney
Freeport
Maine
Joseph Epstein
Limoge
China
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Russell Baker
N.Y Times News Service
Mikhail
Editorial
Atomic Veterans and VA
Allen D. Lackey
Ph.d
W.va
Voltaire
Henry IV
France
Crillon
Arques
Mr. Edwards
Michael J. McClellan
Scipal Ramsey School
George Will
The
Washington Post Writers Group
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