Super Tuesday criticized for limited impact on elections
A commentary denounces Super Tuesday as a dud that failed to energize voters or focus the region, arguing it merely tests TV ad production and shifts conservative Democrats to the Republican side. It also laments college sports behavior and questions the value of higher education amid rising pro winning culture.
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Massachusetts
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Michael Dukakis
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Atlanta
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Tennessee man charged with drunken wheelchair driving
James Ironside High, 29, of Gallatin, was charged with driving while under the influence after riding a motorized wheelchair into the path of a police car. He also faced marijuana possession charges. a plastic bag was sent to the state crime lab. He was released without bond.
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James “Ironside
High
Gallatin
Wayne Brooks
David Lame
Brooks
Slang Lexicographer Plushes Up Urban Talk
Robert Chapman edits a slang dictionary that has sold over 25 000 copies since 1986. He defends slang as rebellion and self assertion, noting terms like cool as a Christian with aces wired and pull teeth through the armpit. The book reflects youth culture and changes in acceptability among teens and adults.
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Madison
Aces Wired
Robert Chapman
Chapman
Drew University
Harper & Row
Palace blocks Princess as a birth name in Scotland
A Scottish couple's baby named Princess Dulcima Rosetta faces removal of the word Princess from the birth certificate due to 1910 royal prerogative rules. Buckingham Palace initially permitted usage, then 1965 Scottish law required omission, while the queen advised continued use as a nickname. The family must choose a new official name but may keep Princess informally.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Audrey
Hugh Manwaring-Spencer
Isle of Skye
Scotland
Dulcima Rosetta
General Register
Edinburgh
Manwaring-Spencer
Manwaring-Spencers
Robert Fellowes
Fellowes
Northwestern launches $4.3 million study on fertility hormone
Northwestern University begins a $4.3 million project to study follicle stimulating hormone FSH and its role in fertility. Six research teams will conduct human animal and laboratory experiments aiming to explain how stress disrupts FSH secretion and ovarian function.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
American Fertility Society
Northwestern
Ralph Kazer
Kazer
Duquesne University suspends newborn tuition prepayment plan
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh suspends its newborn tuition prepayment program due to volatile returns on underwriting bonds and higher than expected tuition increases. The plan charged 4430 for four years at inception, rose to 8630 for newborns, while 622 families in the program remain unaffected.
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New York Times
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
Ann Rage
Duquesne
Rage
Fillmore's reopen ignites old sounds with Hot Tuna
A sold out San Francisco crowd celebrated the Fillmore Auditorium reopening with Hot Tuna led by Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, and Paul Kantner, joined by Papa John Creach and Grace Slick. The venue, famed in the 1960s, has seen sporadic use in recent decades. Marie Osmond and husband Brian Blasil adopt a baby girl in Utah, the couple keeping details private. Osmond and Blasil have been married 17 months. Osmond has a 4 year old son from her first marriage to Steven Craig. Actress Rebecca De Mornay discusses Roger Vadim remake of And God Created Woman, saying script differs but is better, highlighting feminist themes and a non 80s lifestyle.
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Fillmore Auditorium
Hot Tuna
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Paul Kantner
Papa John Creach
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Fillmore
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Osmond
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Rebecca de Mornay
Roger Vadim
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de Mornay
Los Angeles
Robin Shay
Shay
Robin
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