We All Live in Harrisburg A Call for Nuclear Reform
A letter from the Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends argues for a moratorium on new nuclear plants until safety and waste disposal are improved. It urges a shift to renewable energy, conservation, local power, and reduced fossil fuel use, linking road-building to environmental harm and urging public involvement.
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Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Iowa
Palo
Cedar Rapids
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
Iowa Department of Transportation
Marion
America
Rubens and Renaissance demons amuse in Paris Louvre
A column notes Rubens painting of Marie de Medici in the Paris Louvre shows heavenly beings and chaotic sea life behind royal pageantry. The piece suggests Renaissance saints are solemn while devils revel, reflecting a broader view of art, humor, and power in historical depiction.
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London
Peter Paul Rubens
Paris
Louvre
Marie de Medici
France
Marseille
Time as a Shaker of Art across Europe and America
The piece muses on museums as evolving mirrors of human thought from the Dutch masters to modern French painters and American collectors. It notes social change from aristocracy to industry, inked by Goya, Daumier, and the Impressionists, and ends affirming that time shapes and exposes art’s value.
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Louis XIV
Gainsborough
Reynolds
Romney
Nattier
Watteau
Fragonard
Hogarth
Daumier
Goya
Maria Luisa
Space law may slow off earth resource rush, warns Gwynne Dyer
Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer argues the United Nations Outer Space treaty will delay exploitation of moon and other celestial bodies. He notes resource needs and large investments favor big nations and compares the treaty to the sea bed mining stalemate, predicting future international disputes. He humorously bets $1,000 that his forecast will hold by 1999.
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Solar System
United Nations General Assembly
Isnt it the truth by Cor Riblet Jr
The passage muses on intellectual growth from media, comparing it to a schoolboy copying work and facing a failing mark. It notes forgiveness is hard when anger and humiliation are involved, suggesting people remember insults.
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Cor! Riblet Jr
Do away with juries? Builders had it right
The article argues against abolishing juries, praising their independence and diversity. It contrasts judges’ need for impartiality with jurors who bring broad life experience, noting juries offset bias and prevent corruption. It cites Iowa practice and a Wisconsin miscarriage to defend juries as essential in civil and criminal cases.
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Khomeini
Iran
Seurat
van Gogh
Monet
Renoir
Corots
Cezannes and
Gauguins
Toulouse-Lautrec
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
Prince Oblensky
Moscow
Lincoln Steffens
United Nations
Lords of Creation
United Nations Committee On Outer Space
U.N
Betelguese
Cygni
United States
Zambia
el Salvador
U.N. Committee On
Gwynne Dyer
Diet of Worms
South Australia
Botswana
Paraguay
U.N. Law
Outer Space
Soviet Union
InterOcean Press Syndicate
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Tom Riley
University of Iowa
College of Law
Court Practice Institute
Chicago
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