NFL Strike Gates Greed and Hardship Across Cities
A 57 day NFL walkout cost owners 200 million and players 70 million, the longest and costliest work stoppage in sports history. The piece highlights impact on Cleveland Browns fans and hotel and vendor economies in Green Bay, noting workers opposed the strike while players sought partial franchise control and criticizing union leaders. It concludes none are wiser if the strike ends without broader learning.
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National Football League
Recount Call After Narrow Grinnell Race Highlights Campus Voting
The Grinnell College student bloc helped Janet Carl defeat Phil Tyrrell by 52 votes in House District 53. Tyrrell seeks a recount and opposes out of state and temporary student voting, arguing for voting by full time Iowans, while the legislature shows broad support for keeping the existing law.
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Iowa
Phil Tyrrell
Janet Carl
Iowa County
Poweshiek
Tyrrell
Grinnell College
Rep. Tyrrell
Grinnell
Texas
William P. Clements
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Philadelphia
Thompson
Chicago
Governors warn Reagan as 1982 loss echoes in Kansas City roundtable
Sixteen governors from key states gathered in White Sulphur Springs to urge policy change. They framed the 1982 losses as a national cry for growth and targeted voter groups, warning the Reagan White House to heed the warning or risk further political harm.
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Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
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Hughes
White House
Kansas City
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Reagan White House
Reagan
Torrance
Republican Party
Savings and Loan
New Orleans
The Press Role in a Free Society Revisited
Boca Raton speech argues the press should inform and report facts without bias. The speaker warns against overvaluing journalism as a governmental branch and critiques excessive investigative trends while urging reporters to stick to the core duty of delivering accurate news.
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Boca Raton, Fla
Florida
Boca Raton
Edmund Burke
England
Lords Temporal
Dow Jones
Friday
Andropov's rise in Moscow stirs doubt and speculation
A reflective analysis questions the timing and nature of Yuri Andropov's succession after Brezhnev's death. It weighs possible transitional power arrangements, Soviet espionage links, and U.S. responses under Reagan. The piece ponders journalism influence, Poland ties, and broader Cold War dynamics.
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Brezhnev
Andropov
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West
KGB
Reagan
Bush
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East
CIA
George Smiley
Karla
Afghanistan
Lech Walesa
Poland
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