Duke students seek to neuter Bible in reform effort
A Duke University project led by Rev. Robert Young rewrites hymns prayers and scripture to create a non sexist Bible. The group aims to replace male oriented terms like Him with God and argues the project challenges traditional male dominance in Christianity while acknowledging the deep roots of gender in religious tradition.
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Duke University
Robert Young
God
Young
Earth
Death Valley Strip Mining Seen as Environmental Nightmare
An opinion piece warns that modern strip mining in Death Valley National Monument would scar the landscape, harm flora and fauna, and ruin its unique scenery. It urges the Senate Interior Subcommittee to repeal the 1933 loophole and halt new mining claims to protect the preserve.
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Death Valley
California
Senate Interior Subcommittee On Minerals, Materials and Fuels
Punchlines on Politics and TV Tropes in a Scattered Column
A column jokes about new nations joining global debates without fresh money, ponders a long exhibition season in football and the Bicentennial, notes mixed reactions to a hunting documentary, and quips on polygraph accuracy placing it near the average wife in false-positives.
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America
Bicentennial Seminar Questions US Founding Hypocrisy
A two day Radford College seminar on the American bicentennial challenged the idea of universal praise for the founders. Rev James H Smylie argued that slavery and hypocrisy colored their era, while noting the founders created a stable framework with religious freedom and checks and balances.
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Radford College
James H. Smylie
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
United States
Great Britain
Public figures face a surge of life threats and media glare
The piece argues that high profile leaders like Ford Reagan and Graham attract frequent threats as publicity grows. It cites a September spike with $25,000 contract offers, claims violence spreads like a contagion, and notes attackers target prominence to gain fame.
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Ford
Treasury
William Simon
Simon
Judd Marmor
American Psychiatric Assn
USC
David Hamburg
Stanford
Patricia Hearst
Harrises
California
Ronald Reagan
Billy Graham
America
Energy independence hinges on free enterprise not vast programs
Anthony Harrigan argues that OPEC price hikes and the Ford administration's Energy Independence Authority jeopardize U S energy goals. He accuses federal plans of duplicating Great Society style spending, warns against government preemption of private enterprise, and urges reliance on coal and free markets to resist oil cartel influence.
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United States
Organization of Petroleum
Ford
Energy Independence Authority
America
The
Wall Street Journal
the Journal
Nelson Rockefeller
Journal
U.S
Congress
Frank N. Ikard
American Petroleum Institute
Oil and Gas Corporation
Great Britain
Middle East
Africa
South America
Parting Shots and Puns on Jaws and More
A witty collage decries bias in Jaws and ropey hold up plots as a philosopher mocks fuzzy thinking. It riffs on telephone prowess shaping daily tasks from pizza to weather to Dial-A-Prayer, with light digs at public annoyances and punditry.
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Danville
nDner Ig Co., Inc
Union St
Department Dial
Inci
Licrier
Tunney oil grain swap proposal meets skeptical, wary press
Washington pundits question Senator Tunney’s plan to trade American grain for Soviet oil. State Department cautions against reliance on USSR export potential, while allies doubt feasibility. Critics warn the proposal may mislead consumers and hinge on unlikely diplomacy before the next election.
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Washtington
D.C
John Tunney
California
Senate
Soviet Union
U.S
Harry Goldwater, Jr
Vanney
Ussr
State Department
Jackson
Russia
Kissinger
Tunney
OPEC
Blind, Unemployed, Frustrated by Jobs Crisis
Ray Tricomo, blind for life with teaching credentials, applies to 350 jobs over 16 months and faces widespread rejection amid 8 to 10 million job seekers. He criticizes government aims on employment, calling for true job opportunities over political rhetoric and tax rebates.
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Washington
NEA
Ray Tricomo
Tricomo
Tricamp
Connecticut
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
America
Michigan
Harper Woods
Detroit
Gerald Ford
Congress
Ray Tricoms
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Brazil
Cuba
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Anthony Harrigan
Shark Anti- Defamation League
Holmes Alexander
Soviet Bloc
Charles Robinson
Joseph Bell
Federal Energy Administration
Tom Tiede
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
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Berry's
Sy Rea Inc
Howard Hughes
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