Thoughts for Today and Clarence Darrow Quotation
A religious and legal reflection quotes Romans 2 12 13 about judgment for sins and true righteousness. It also attributes a Clarence Darrow line praising laws that fit the people they serve. The brief juxtaposes faith and jurisprudence with a civic ethics note.
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Clarence Darrow
Commission urges unified sport bodies to streamline Olympic programs
A Presidential Commission on Olympic Sports proposes a central Sports Organization for each sport and representative athlete input. The 613 page plan seeks to curb interagency conflicts, boost funding, private support, and allow athletes to profit, aiming to prevent future Olympic crises.
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United States
Congress
Ford
National Collegiate Athletic Assn
Amateur Athletic Union
Kissinger’s Shadow in Carter Era Faces Decades of Debate
Carter girds foreign policy to keep Kissinger imprint while shifting style. Vance and Brzezinski favor delegation and operational leadership over Koch-like secrecy. Analysts see a focus on allies, human rights, arms limits, and a new world economic order amid growth of global trade and inflation challenges.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Carter
Kissinger
Soviet Union
China
Middle East
Africa
Castlereagh
Metternich
Cyrus R. Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Vance
Brzezinski
West
Russia
Moscow
United States
Canada
Europe
Japan
Ted Szulc
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
New Republic
Szule
U.S
The Case For A Federal Pay Increase
A columnist argues for a $130 million federal pay raise tied to the Peterson Commission findings. It notes salary gaps, losses of top staff, and compression that hinder recruitment, while critiquing perks and a broad ethics package as potentially superficial. The piece defends the raises as fair to government workers and necessary to avoid deteriorating public service.
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Congress
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Peterson
Peterson Commission
Air Force
National Labor Relations Board
Social Security Administration
National Institutes of Health
Legalized gambling boosts crime lords power and illegal bets
Washington's report argues legalized gambling funds criminal operations and expands organized crime. Reporter Rick Sokolow contrasts stark parlor conditions with neighborhood bookies in New York, noting mob leaders in suits and a rise in lawful and unlawful wagering alongside a University of Michigan study.
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Washington
Rick Sokolow
New York
Nevada
Madison Avenue
Sokolow
New York City
University of Michigan Survey Research Center
Kissinger Seeks Memoir Deal On Final Shuttle
Henry Kissinger hurries between publishers in New York and meets executives at Random House Simon and Schuster Time-Life Reader's Digest and others to negotiate rights for his memoirs An impending Helsinki meeting is slated to align publishers and reprint rights amid cautious optimism and ongoing concessions from all sides
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Frankie
Underworld
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Madison Avenue
New York
East 50Th Street
Random House
Henry
Mr. Kissinger
Simon and Schuster
Time-Life
Kissinger
Sixth Avenue
Pleasantville
Reader's Digest Press
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest People.’ Kissinger
Doubleday
Viking
G.P. Putnam
Harper and Row
McGraw Hill
W.W. Norton
Helsinki
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