Notorious PX Shoplifting Scandal Hits Pentagon Brass
Jack Anderson reports numerous high ranking officers including Brig. Gen. Harold Strack and Col. Kalman Levitan were implicated in shoplifting at military PX stores across 12 states. Records claim Strack concealed a $41.50 coat, Levitan a $9.85 cache of pliers drill bits and a cord connector, with alleged internal coverups and hush money attempts.
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Ashington
Pentagon
Air Force
Maine
Virginia
American Psychiatric Association
Harold Strack
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pinnacle
Strack
Fort Myer
Col
Kalman Levitan
Bolling Air Force Base
Levitan
Robert P. Gould
Partridge Family Sound
Andrews Air Force Base
Ignal Gould
Gould
Love and liberty clash with modern marriage ideals
The piece critiques feminist rejection of traditional conjugal roles while noting some partners seek formal equality in marriage. It contrasts 19th century romanticism with 20th century models, suggesting some liberal contracts resemble loveless old dowry plans, leaving progress unclear.
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Mme. de Stael
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Bernstein on Words Apocryphal Sentence Change Unpunctuation
A New York Times feature recalls Betsy Wade describing how punctuation shifts meaning. Examples show how misplaced phrases turn sentences comic or obscured, from czar and czarina to ballots and voting machines.
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Betsy Wade
New York
Siberia
Czarina
Israel
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Drexel Mediterranean
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