Thoughts for Today Wisdom Quotes Digest
A compact collection of two adages on learning wisdom and growth. Proverbs 9 9 10 links fear of the Lord to wisdom, while Will Rogers highlights reading and association with smarter people as paths to learning. The tone echoes classic philosophical maxims.
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Will Rogers
Changes in Middle East Ties Redirect US Role in Region
Kissinger’s diplomacy and Nixon’s Mideast tour reshape Arab-Israeli dynamics. Russia's influence wanes as US policy tilts toward Arabs, while Israel faces renewed vulnerability. Geneva summit looms as test of uneasy peace amid Palestinian demands and oil-power leverage. Israel grows more isolated despite Arab confidence.
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State Kissinger
Nixon
Middle East
Russia
Israel
Syria
Egypt
Geneva
Kissinger
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Europe
Japan
United States
Mideast
The Un-Making Of Books A Stanford Talk
James A. Michener, winner of a Pulitzer 25 years ago for Tales of the South Pacific, warned at Stanford that television may replace books for instruction yet doubted the end of books. He noted youth favoring TV careers and the growing classroom role of TV while arguing books still hold breadth and depth.
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James A. Michener
South Pacific
Michener
Stanford University
Ecclesiastes
Terrorist bombings and the struggle against terror
A reflective examination of bombings in British Parliament and past U.S. attacks, tracing terrorism’s history from Haymarket to Wall Street, and debating how democracies should respond. It discusses anarchist roots, justification theories, and the futility of violence versus counter-terrorism.
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U.S
FBI
McKinley
Francis Ferdinand
John D. Rockefeller
J.P. Morgan
Wilson
Wall Street
Deadline Near For Departmental Split In City Utilities
A year after council order to split the utilities into electrical and water sewer divisions the next Monday deadline looms as council pressures city manager to act. Publisher Horner recounts a tale of a North Carolina farmer and a mule illustrating the need for decisive leadership. Duke University to host a new biomedical research center with initial funding of 1 million and later projections to 600 staff, amid national recognition. Virginia Buser poem revival draws praise from Mrs. James G. Rice who once lived in High Point and now asks if others remember Maydell
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North Carolina Medical Care Commission
Edwin C. Whitehead
Technican Corp
Tarrytown
N.Y
Duke University
Duke
Whitehead
Duke Medical Center
Terry Sanford
Virginia Buser
Valley Forge
James G
Maydell) Rice
Columbia
Virginia
Maine
High Point
Maydell
Chief Justice Burger Faces Watergate Era Destiny
An in-depth profile of Chief Justice Warren Burger as he prepares to preside over pivotal Watergate cases and a potential Nixon impeachment trial. The piece notes his long ties to Nixon, his cautious stance on disqualifying himself, personal guard habits, grand courtroom decorum, and a court led toward bureaucratization with less vigorous debate.
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Warren Burger
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Watergate Grand Jury
Nixon
Leon Jaworski
White House
House
Burger
Senate
William Rehnquist
Justice Department
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindienst
Kleindienst
William O. Douglas
Alfresco
Harry Blackmun
Lewis Powell
Nina Totenberg
Secretary of Transportation
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