Thoughts for Today Echoes of Family Bonds
A meditative excerpt contrasts Jesus guiding his disciples with the idea of chosen family in Matthew 12 49 and Kate Douglas Wiggin affirms unique maternal love among life’s blessings. The quotes explore kinship and cherished relationships across faith and literature.
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Matthew
New TV premieres blur lines of schedule and genres
The piece laments changes in how networks debut shows with early movie-heavy weeks and shifting times. Viewers face overlapping premieres and moving slots, delaying a stable schedule into November, often ending with axed favorites and a longing for a book.
Why the Stock Market Moves Often Defy Explanation
The piece mocks stock market explanations as often vague or speculative. It notes a sharp rise in shares despite little concrete news and suspects analysts and reporters do not truly know the reasons behind market swings. It cites a possible Fed meeting and potential credit policy changes as typical, uncertain rationales.
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East St. Louis
Federal Reserve Board
When In Doubt Sue The Heart Valve Lawsuit Case
In 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implanted an artificial heart valve in a patient, a medical milestone. Last year she developed similar symptoms, learned of other valve failures, and returned for a replacement. She now sues Cooley and co-defendants for 31 million dollars, seeking relief for distress and costs of a second operation.
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Denton Cooley
Cooley
Texas
Bribery Scandals Reach Top Leaders in Japan and Netherlands
The article reviews high level bribes involving former Japanese Premier Kakuei Tanaka indicted on 1.6 million dollars linked toLockheed aircraft sales and Prince Bernhard facing a damning Dutch commission report over 1.1 million dollars in alleged Lockheed bribes. It discusses broader multinational bribery, related accusations, and OECD code of conduct, noting potential political fallout in the Netherlands and beyond.
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Japan
Netherlands
Kakuei Tanaka
Tokyo
Lockheed
All Nippon Airlines
Tanaka
Prince Bernhard
Juliana
Bernhard
Barbara Beck
Economist of
London
Beatrix
Ernest
Hauser
Europe
Christian Democratic Party
United Brands
Ashland Oil
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Rhodes Seeks Positive GOP Role In Conservatism
John Rhodes argues the Republican minority must offer constructive alternatives, not just oppose. He cites the long Democratic control of Congress, the negative party image, and his Program for Progress featuring Social Security reforms and private investment pools, while warning leadership won’t change without a majority.
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Arizona
Rhodes
Republican Party
Congress
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Congressional Republicans
Washington Narcotics Crackdown Stalled by White House
President Ford publicly calls for a strong narcotics crackdown while behind the scenes Treasury and IRS officials clash over drug enforcement. Alexander refuses a full IRS program, favors a weak DEA-IRS information exchange, and moves Macdonald out to silence opposition. Rep. Yanik to testify on the lax effort as Kissinger sacks ambassador Akins without notice.
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Washington
Ford
Internal Revenue
Donald Alexander
Mexico
Europe
Far East
Treasury
William Simon
Alexander
IRS
Simon
Drug Enforcement Administration
Thomas
DEA
Macdonald
White House
Navy Department
Charles Yanik
Dohio
New
Select Committee On Narcotics and Drug Abuse
Hollywood Comedy Ideas From Washington Mentioned
The Art Buchwald column riffs on Washington as a source for situation comedies. It sketches plots involving a CIA agent and government figures, a presidential candidate’s daughter amid abortion talk, and a Pentagon general whose son’s homework spawns a space death ray caper.
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Washington
Hollywood
Washington, D.C
CIA
Dick van Dyke
Hope Lange
Don Adams
Mary Tyler Moore
Hope
Henry Kissinger
House Ethics Committee
Washington Post
Nancy Walker
Goodby
Congress
Tony Randall
Pentagon
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United States
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Charles Percy
R.hil
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U.S
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