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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1992
Page
4
Editorial blasts prolonged Michigan Iowa court battle over Baby Girl C adopted by Michigan couple. It cites delays from birth to final orders, appeals through Iowa Supreme Court, and a Jan 5 hearing in Ann Arbor, urging faster routes to protect the child’s interests.
An editorial decries Marge Schott’s use of racial slurs as reprehensible yet not illegal. It notes baseball owners discussed fines and suspensions at an allusion to “politically incorrect” behavior and argues against dramatic sanctions as a remedy for broader industry issues.
Washington Post polling director Richard Morin reports Michael Josephson warnings that a rising share of American youth cheat lie and steal. Surveys of 3,243 high school and 3,630 college students in 1991 92 show one in three high schoolers stole from a store and more. Fraud cheating drunk driving and lying to bosses or customers are common with honesty deemed essential by only about half of students.
A reader argues for raising Iowa highway limits to 65 mph and interstate limits to 75 mph with higher minimums. They claim safety improves with new car safety devices and seat belt use would reduce serious injuries, despite many drivers not buckling up.
A junior in high school warns that wealth disparity, heavy taxation, racial tensions, corruption, and a weakening moral climate threaten the United States. He suggests civic cooperation can sustain democracy and prevent civilization from failing.
Randall Vartabedian argues that voters face limited real choice among 14 candidates and warns that people often choose contrary to God's will. He contends media elevate preferred candidates and urges faith over worldly politics citing biblical examples like Saul and Jesus.
The author argues that stress on abstinence and installing washroom vending machines or distributing condoms through a school nurse will do little good and cause harm. They claim condoms give false security and promote sexual activity, and that sex outside marriage is always harmful emotionally while abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage are the only safe options.
John Osborne lampooned critics and teachers of grammar, likening it to a lamp post asked about dogs. The piece cites examples where subjects and verbs disagree, noting errors from plural and singular mismatches to awkward phrase choices and faulty agreement across a sequence of quoted sentences.
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