Nabuttsco: a proposed merger name and naming quirks
Russell Baker muses on a proposed Nabisco and R J Reynolds merger nicknamed Nabuttsco. He mocks the Committee on Nomenclature and Burton B Barton IV, notes how Roman numerals, corporate branding, and public perception shape names. He jokes about General Electric renamed General Fleecing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.J. Reynolds
Nabisco
Nabuttsco
Committee On Nomenclature
Burton B. Barton IV
Reagan
Committee On
Escritoire
Harvard Business School
Rocky
Open mayoral selection should follow public meeting rules
The editorial urges the Bluefield board to name a new mayor in a public meeting, not a private session. It argues Sunshine Law limits executive sessions to personnel matters but requires no decisions in closed talks, and warns improper procedure would render the appointment potentially illegal.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Paul Cole
Cole
Mr. Cole
West Virginia
Fred Burton
Senators donate scrapbooks to posterity
Retiring senators filled cardboard boxes with papers and memorabilia for history. Several donated to universities and historical societies while some restricted access. Notable cases include Charles Percy and Roger Jepsen, with access rules delaying public scrutiny.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Charles Percy
Bill
Paul Simon
Senate
Chicago Historical Society
Senate Historical Office
Percy
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Jepsen
Iowa State
Publication rules for letters to the Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph outlines that letters on public interest topics must include the writer's signature address and telephone number. Pen names and anonymous letters are not published, and letters may be edited and condensed to fit space.
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Daily Telegraph
Argentina hearsay and moral judgments on Videla era
The author reflects on Argentina during 1976 77 under Videla Massera and Agosti noting terrorism torture and abductions. He recalls Borges Cox and Carter era views, questioning counterterrorism ethics and citing journalist William F Buckley as a critic of junta supporters in Washington hearings.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Videla
Massera
Agosti
General Videla
Stalin
Jorge Luis Borges
Borges
Soviet Union
Mikhail Sholokhov
Peron
Robert Cox
Buenos Aires Herald
Cox
Junta
Washington
U.S
Carter
Donald Fraser
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Russell Baker
General Electric
Pentagon
General Fleecing
Public Relations Department
N.Y
Editorial
House
Senate Committee On Taxation
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Salem College
Texas
John Tower
Geneva
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Massachusetts
Paul Tsongas
University of Lowell
Walter D. Huddleston
Kentucky
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
The
University of Nevada In
Reno
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Goldwater
Dole
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
William F. Buckley
John Hill
Universal Press Syndicate
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