America’s failing spy game and embassies on a hill
The piece bitterly criticizes U S intelligence and diplomacy from the Moscow and Washington embassies. It recalls Cold War era figures and argues the United States should gut its embassy presence and mirror Russian spying tactics. The author invokes presidents from Johnson to Reagan and jokes about reshaping embassies.
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Verne
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Fire at Bono's Restaurant in Palm Springs Suspected Arson
A small blaze at Sonny Bono's Palm Springs restaurant caused $3,500 damage to decorative front wood and caused interior smoke damage. Bono blamed an arsonist. his wife noted possible use of gasoline. Firefighters arrived at 5 a.m. and quickly contained the fire.
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Palm Springs
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Bono
Terry Hauswirth
Mary
Kenya’s Hidden Realities Exist Beyond Tourism
A recent visitor notes that while tourists admire Kenya’s sites and game parks many miss the country’s everyday poverty and disease. Leisure, page IF.
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Kenya
Leisure
Yuppies Trend Spotlight Dou ble Income No Kids Ad
A magazine ad targets a social subset labeled DINKS. Dou ble Income No Kids. The pitch emphasizes lifestyle status and spending power, framing the group as a desirable consumer segment for upscale products and services.
What's in a name for firms says S B Master
S B Master argues that many executives abandon solid names for scrambled phonemes and computer generated gibberish to identify their firms, citing perceived tradeoffs between memorability and branding.
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S.B. Master
Money
Fast lane to country lane by Mount Vernon Sun founder
Dennis Herrick leaves Washington politics for journalism as he purchases the Sun making it the paper’s first vending machine. The move marks a shift to a slower pace and local publication ambitions in Mount Vernon.
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Dennis Herrick
Washington
Mount Vernon Sun
Iowa
American Ozone pursues profits with pure water system
American Ozone Technology Inc of Marion plans a one of a kind water purification system to assure quality water and a healthy livelihood. The company emphasizes cleaner water and potential business growth in page 1E coverage.
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American Ozone Technology Inc
Marion
Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote Share Southern Roots
A mutual friend notes both writers, Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote, were Southern authors, openly homosexual, and early successes. They also shared Donald Windham as a close friend, the writer of a book on their lives. Leisure, page IF.
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Tennessee Williams
Truman Capote
Donald Windham
Dying Infant Sparks Debate Over Anesthesia Pain Relief
A mother protests after her son died following a painful surgery without pain killers. Surgeons face the dilemma of balancing anesthesia risks with surgical pain during infant procedures. Parade coverage notes public concern.
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Parade
Italian writer Primo Levi dies after fall in Turin home
Turin Italy AP reports Primo Levi 68 Auschwitz survivor and author of Survival in Auschwitz The Truce The Submerged and the Saved fell three flights to his death at his Turin home Autopsy pending AGI cited his wife saying he was tired of life and demoralized Levi survived by a son and a daughter He wrote The Periodic Table and If Not Now When among other works
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Turin
Italy
Primo Levi
AGI
Lucia
Levi
Auschwitz
Poland
Short interval workouts beat nonstop aerobic exercise
A University of Miami study with 66 young women over 12 weeks finds interval aerobic training with short rest bursts boosts maximum oxygen consumption and reduces body fat more than continuous workouts. Interval training also delays lactic acid–related muscle pain. Dr. Arlette Perry will present these results at the American College of Sports Medicine in May.
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Coral Gables, Fla
University of Miami Human Performance Laboratory
Arlette Perry
American College of Sports Medicine
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