Turning sixty brings new privileges for Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker declares he will ignore hostile letters as he enters the “Great Decades” at age 60, promising to shred or trash communications from critics including liberals, conservatives, and those who claim he is a dupe of various groups. He jokes about burning Russia letters and pens a one sentence form letter to skeptics.
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New York
Thornton Wilder
Felix Frankfurter
Wilder
America
Boston Herald
Russia
Tommy
Nicaragua
Ronald Reagan
the Times
Times
Herpes
Editorial on postsecondary education woes and policy fixes
The Boca Raton conference of about 125 educators and state leaders debated rising college entry standards, variable college readiness, and the need for a nationwide definition of college level work. It urged higher education reform while cautioning against harming disadvantaged students. West Virginia's debate over the Freeport Amendment and another legislative session highlighted the broader political stalemate slowing progress.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Southeastern
David Spence
Southern Regional Education Board
Spence
Robert Hardesty
Southwest Texas State University
West Virginia
Arch Moore
West Virginia Warehouses. During the News Conference, Gov. Moore
Gov. Moore
Baptists in Atlanta and a city of temptations
In Atlanta for the Southern Baptist Convention, 50000 Baptists confront temptations of urban life. The author notes humans are fallible, quotes delegates who acknowledge imperfection, and mocks sectarian rigidity. A joke about two churches of the Enlightened ends with a punchline on interpretation. Lewis Grizzard writes for Cowles Syndicate.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Kroger
Lewis Grizzard
Cowles Syndicate, Inc
King Features Syndicate
Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit letters
The Daily Telegraph asks for letters on public interest topics. Include signature, address, and phone number for consideration, and avoid pen names or anonymous letters. Names will not be withheld. Letters may be edited and condensed to fit space.
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Daily Telegraph
The
Mexico and U S must deepen long term partnership
In a critique of U S policy toward Mexico, the piece argues that short term loans cannot resolve deep economic and social issues. It urges a bipartisan, sustained partnership to boost Mexico's economy, reduce unemployment, and address migration, drug trade, and reform, warning against overreliance on quick IMF fixes. It notes past policies and political dynamics in Mexico and calls for prioritizing root causes over slogans.
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Washington
Reagan
Mexico
Nicaragua
U.S
International Monetary Fund
United States
Rio Grande
Franklin Roosevelt
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Johnson
White House
Sen
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
de la Madrid
Helms
Latin America
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Washington Post
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N.Y. Times
James
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