Historians' views of Reagan spark bias questions
A survey of about 481 historians from an American Historical Society list found 79 percent rated Ronald Reagan as average or worse. The piece questions whether educators' political bias influences classroom portrayal and if results reflect personal dislike of his programs rather than neutrality.
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American Historical Society
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Eisenhower Lecture Series At KU Seeks Prestigious Status
Kansas University considers launching a high profile Eisenhower lecture series modeled on the Landon Lectures at Kansas State University. The plan envisions spring kickoff possibly with former President Richard Nixon, funded by a patron system to attract top national and international speakers to Lawrence.
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Kansas University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Landon
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Richard Nixon
Nixon
London
Lawrence
Kansas
On This Day in History Highlights and Passages
A compendium of year by year milestones including wars liberation in 1945, Edict of Saint Germain in 1562, Franklin birth in 1706, Madison Randolph birth in the White House, 1893 Queen Liliuokalani abdication and Hayes death, 1917 Virgin Islands sale, Wallenberg’s 1945 disappearance, 1946 UN Security Council first meeting, Nautilus nuclear test in 1955, Eisenhower warning in 1961, and a 2004 Supreme Court ruling on VCR use.
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Warsaw
St. Germain
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
Martha
James Madison Randolph
White House
Hawaii
Liliuokalani
United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
Fremont
Ohio
Denmark
Virgin Islands
Raoul Wallenberg
Hungary
United Nations Security Council
Groton
Conn
Eisenhower
U.S. Supreme Court
Postmaster notice for address changes
Journal-World requests readers to send address changes to P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0088 This USPS and ABC AP affiliated publication sends second class mail and reports circulation through Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Spectators try to make sense of attack in skating world
The piece weighs the Nancy Kerrigan assault's shock on figure skating and society. It contrasts Kerrigan with Tonya Harding, notes the violence as a focused hit rather than random, and questions what drives fame, rivalries, and televised drama in sport.
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Boston
Nancy Kerrigan
Monica Seles
Frank Carroll
Kerrigan
Tonya Harding
Nancy
Massachusetts
Katharine Hepburn
Tonya
Oregon
United States
Steffi Graffan
Texas
Nationalism and Bosnia danger overshadow Clinton tour
The piece argues nationalist extremism, not NATO expansion, threatens Europe. It cites Slobodan Milosevic and Serbian aggression in Bosnia, criticizes empty NATO promises, cites Zhirinovsky’s rise, and quotes Canadian diplomat Louis Gentile on Bosnian atrocities. It urges decisive action to halt ethnic cleansing and war crimes.
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Pato Atro
Cau
Clinton
Europe
NATO
Yeltsin
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Russia
Soviet Union
Bosnia
Stanford University
Croatia
Sarajevo
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Brussels
Milosevic
Louis Gentile
New York Times
Banja Luka
Gentile
Lawrence businessmen urged to seek KU football coach
On January 17 1894 the Lawrence World urged Lawrence business men interested in KU athletics to meet a University committee at the Commercial club room on Friday at 8 p m. The message emphasized full attendance as the likely purpose was to search for a professional football coach.
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Lawrence World
Lawrence
K.S.U
Watkins Community Museum
Mother seeks help after daughter's surgery scare
A Los Angeles mother, Jimmie Weisbach, arranges care for her daughter Angela, injured in a car crash. She contacts Gloria Estefan's label and surgeon Dr Michael Neuwirth, receiving compassionate guidance, xrays, and records routing to New York for expert review.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Weisbacher
Reseda
Jimmie
Angela
Gloria Estefan
Angie
Portland
Ore
Epic Records
Miami
Nicole
Gloria
Teresa
Michael Neuwirth
New York City
Neuwirth
Adam
Dr. Neuwirth
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Bill Snead
Robert Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridge
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph Simons II
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
William Sutcliffe
W.C. Simons
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