Clearance: everything must go
New York editorial lampoons mass media and privatization as a modern clearance sale. It argues the postmodern age values money over enduring principles, citing media trades, corporate ownership, and the idea that some things are not for sale. It reflects on the decline of shared purpose and the notion that money is life’s report card.
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New York
Dubuque
New Yorker
Chicago Sun-Times
Murdoch
Louisville
Baltimore Sunpapers
L.A
Chesapeake Bay
ABC
NBC
General Electric
Pentagon
Nuggets
Flames
Blast
Mariners
Oilers
Ken Kesey
Robert Stone
Current
Esquire
Walter O’malley
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles
William Hamilton
The
Baltimore Sun
Moore's veto clash leaves West Virginia politics unsettled
Editorials argue Gov Arch Moore overstepped by threatening to void four overridden bills. Lawmakers urge court challenge while noting the governor, like any official, must comply with laws. Critics call it political gamesmanship harming citizens as the conflict drags on.
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Arch Moore
Gov. Moore
House
George Farley
D-Wood
del. Farley
House Judiciary
Chuck Chambers
Dcabell
AIDS civil rights opinion urges protection for victims
A confidential Justice Department legal opinion argues that people with AIDS qualify as handicapped under federal civil rights law. The piece notes employment, service, and education discrimination against AIDS victims is wrong and urges the position become law, not just opinion.
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Justice Department
Tips for visiting New York City on the Fourth of July
A humorous travel piece by Lewis Grizzard offers tips for a Fourth of July visit to New York City. It comically covers attire for heat, campouts when rooms sell out, cost perceptions, subway and taxi quirks, and must-see sights including Broadway and a nod to a fictional gangland stay, all with a playful tone.
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New York
Ed Koch
Miss Liberty
Koch
Big Apple
City
New York City
National Guard
Imelda Marcos
Marti's beacon of freedom in Cuba broadcasts
Washington news director Jay Mallin discusses Radio Marti on its second year of broadcasting to Cuba. The station offers detailed weather and forecasts, uncensored content, and popular nonpolitical programs. It costs far less than conventional jamming while reaching thousands daily. George Will notes.
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Washington
Jay Mallin
Mallin
Cuba
Radio Marti
Florida
Marti
U.S
Castro
New York
Time Magazine
Havana
Time-Life
Ernesto Betancourt
Miami
Soviet Union
Angola
Ethiopia
Chernobyl
Madrid
Maria
Jose
Esmerelda
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N.Y
Muchor
Moore
Aids Legal Opinion
Rockefeller Center
Lewis Grizzard
A.J. Foyt
King Features Syndicate
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
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