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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1975

Page

9

Senate shames humanity by stalling on rights treaties

In a dispute framed as principled caution, the U S Senate again refuses to ratify key international human rights conventions. Proxmire and supporters argue fear and ignorance block progress, while critics warn the nation risks isolation on global human dignity norms as the Bicentennial nears.

Senate House Great Britain Soviet Union

History lessons as politics through the cookbook metaphor

A New York Times piece critiques George Wallace for treating history as a cookbook of policy. It argues the nation’s Vietnam debate shows conflicting lessons from World War II, with lessons shaped by partisanship, fear, and attempts to curry wisdom from history.

New York George Wallace Wallace White House Vietnam Hitler Kennedy Rusk Johnson Nixon Kissinger Paris London Ford

Word Oddities and Etymology Puzzles From Readers

A letter writer questions origins of fanny and explains fantail as a possible source. The piece also asks why matinee means afternoon despite French morning, with views from Bergen Evans and references to noon’s Latin root. It ends with a note on medal versus medallion size distinctions.

Fanny Bergen Evans John J. McGowan Riverside Calif

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