1991 trims and TV culture wrap in Gus Schrader column
The Gazette columnist reviews 1991 top stories from trials to L A Law and the Gulf War. He notes Anita Hill and Willie Smith cases, gender perspectives, and evolving terms like grope and bye bye while sharing humorous reflections. He mentions TV moments and a Dinah Shore quote before signing off.
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Clarence Thomas
Anita Hill
U.S. Senate
Willie Kennedy Smith
Palm Beach
Formantacstan Talaricoman
L.A
Hill
Thomas
Willie Smith
Gus
Senate
Smith
Bette Midler
Geraldo Rivera
Midler
Rivera
Carl Kane
Bob Newhart
Bob
Suzanne Pleshette
Parsons College
Fairfield
Marcia Wallace
Parsons
Iona
Middle East
Dinah Shore
Fillmore Society Names 1991 Medal of Mediocrity
The Mil lard Fillmore Society in Colorado Springs selects 1991 as notably mediocre, honoring events and people that epitomize mediocrity. The award cites exhumation of President Taylor, Pee-wee Herman arrest, John Sununu, Clarence Thomas hearings, and an Iraqi retreat, with special nods to Steve Acquafresca for a vegetable bill veto.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Millard Fillmore Society
Zachary Taylor
Fillmore
Soviet Union
Phil Arkow
Taylor
Pee-wee Herman
White House
John Sununu
Clarence Thomas
Arkow
Society
Colorado
Steve Acquafresca
Wall Street Journal
Winter Film Festival at Effigy Mounds Monument
MONDAY JAN 6 film Journals of Lewis and Clark shown at 1 p.m. in the visitor center auditorium. Time of the West shown 12 30 p.m. in the lobby. CITYLINE Calendar lists local government meetings across Linn Winneshiek Delaware counties with multiple city and school board sessions, including Linn County Supervisors and various city councils.
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors
Decorah
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Manchester
Linn County Compensation Board
Linn-Mar School Board
Educational Services Center
N. 10Th St
Marion
Fairfax Public Library Board
Fairfax Library
This Thing Called Love Thoughts of an Out-of-Step Romantic
Steven Schnur recalls a baby boom era obsession with marriage and family through reflective vignettes. He portrays an old fashioned romantic who questions how couples find life together and argues happiness comes from action and building a family.
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Steven Schnur
Schnur
Alex Raksin
Los Angeles Times Service
Prune-award sparks humor in St Petersburg grants
In St Petersburg Florida the California Prune Board awarded a $1000 grant to develop a Healthy Strides walking program to boost prune consumption. City officials joked at the award while noting area consumption exceeds the national average and that ten cities received similar grants.
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California Prune Board
St. Petersburg
Prune Board
Marla Waltert
Tampa-St. Petersburg
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