Shostakovich's music in exile and at home
Editorial notes trace Shostakovich's reception from 1948 to 1975, noting Soviet propaganda and foreign disdain, his windier style, and his enduring craft. It argues Western restrictions mirror Soviet controls, cites Prokofiev's career abroad and return, and contests hypotheticals about him composing in Los Angeles versus Moscow.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Tass
Shostakovich
I Stostakovich
Leningrad
United States
Soviet Union
Serge Prokofiev
Europe
America
Los Angeles
Stravinsky
Schoenberg
Moscow
Prokofiev
O.K. Supermarket leads Tokyo with automated checkout
The New York Times describes a Tokyo store where a plastic card purchases items from a vending machine. A computer records the sale, inventories 2,600 products, and bills customers regardless of how they handle items. Two cashiers replace eight, and English signs decorate the interior.
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Tokyo
New York Times
United States
O.K
Letters to the editor critique and support immigration and policy
A Long Beach reader group defends Vietnamese refugee resettlement by St. Barnabas Church, praising refugees as grateful and industrious and urging support for humanitarian aid. Letters also argue for nonsmokers’ rights, critique police and intelligence overreach, and oppose PSA airport expansion and coastal growth, stressing Long Beach’s need to grow upward. James A. Baker signs the piece.
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L.L
St. Barnabas
Long Beach
Carp Pendleton
Free
L. L
James E, Brennan
St. Barnabas Church
Long Head
PSA
James A. Baker
Living in a fool's paradise on communism and unity
A commentary links Helsinki and Cap tive Nations Week to a perceived decline in anti Communist resolve in the United States. It notes Solzhenitsyn's Washington visit and criticizes the CIA drive against communism, arguing that the West must recognize communism as an enemy and pursue containment rather than appeasement.
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Washington
Helsinki
Solzhenisyn
CIA
Portugal
Zumwalt
Ples
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
United States
Machi
Reply to Hyman Olken Letter and Public Hope
Editor thanks readers for support and urges perseverance in Israel's future. Notes belief that unity cannot be undone by history and cites hope in faith. Also thanks Press-Telegram for Kilpatrick piece A Year of Wonder July 7 and People Talk August 8 as antidotes to abortion neglect and brutality toward the young.
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Hyman Olken
Israel
Press-Telegram
James J. Kilpatrick
Rodino Reflects On Watergate A Year After Impeachment Push
Rep. Peter W. Rodino assesses the Watergate saga a year after the House Judiciary Committee urged impeachment against Richard Nixon. He argues the system survived due to accountability and constitutional fidelity, citing the nation’s need to trust institutions and uphold fairness in inquiry.
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Washington
Peter W.rodi
Nixon
Nliov
New Jersey
House Judiciary Committee
Rodino
House
Richard M. Nixon
Capitol Watergate
Brin
Rodina
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Senator Soaper THE PRESIDENT globe purchase question
A fragmented clipping questions world shrinking and inflation as it notes a $1800 globe for a senator's office. It offers a metaphor about making contact in life and baseball, referencing ALGAB and feeding the world with a grandchild's future.
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Capitol Hill
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CLA
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Haly
Spain
Admral Elmo Zumwalt
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Seton Hall University
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Charles
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Rodin
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