Editorials on AFI list of 100 funniest films
The AFI effort to name the 100 funniest American movies draws praise for sparking debate and reflection on humor. Critics note recency bias and argue classics by Chaplin and Keaton deserve higher regard while lamenting the underrepresentation of road pictures and The Three Stooges. the piece urges continued effort to weigh style and taste over mere popularity.
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American Film Institute
Leonard Maltin
Charlie Chaplin
Mary
Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Three Stooges
Martin
Notable historical events on June 16 across centuries
June 16 highlights include Abraham Lincoln’s 1858 Springfield speech declaring a house divided cannot stand. Mary Queen of Scots’ Lochleven imprisonment in 1567. Hawaii annexation treaty signed in 1897. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho opened in New York in 1960. Rudolf Nureyev defected in 1961. Valentina Tereshkova launched aboard Vostok 6 in 1963 as the first woman in space.
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Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Mary
Queen of Scots
Lochleven Castle
Scotland
Hawaii
New York
Rudolf Nureyev
Paris
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet Union
Death penalty under new DNA scrutiny in US
Washington observes a renewed debate on capital punishment as DNA testing exposes wrongful convictions. Illinois Governor George Ryan calls for moratorium and study, while nationwide reversals rise. The piece notes questions about state executions, public support, and the search for a 100 percent guarantee of guilt. Geneva Overholser warns against assuming accuracy and urges caution before eliminating the death penalty.
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Washington
George Ryan
Illinois
Ryan
New Hampshire
Columbia University
California
Los Angeles
Gray Davis
Roger Mahoney
Pat Robertson
Oliver North
America
Economist
United States
Supreme Court
Gary Gilmore
Utah
George W. Bush
Bush
Texas
Argumen
Gov. Ryan
Geneva Overholser
Washington Post Writers Group
Overholserg
Washpost.com
Study on easing the presidential nominees backlog
The Presidential Appointment Initiative from Brookings and Heritage reviews delays in selecting and confirming top executives. It cites lengthy FBI checks and strict disclosure rules, proposes standardizing forms, and reducing the number of Senate-confirmed officials while urging a 60 day action limit. Political polarization could limit reforms despite procedural fixes.
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Brookings Institution
The
Heritage Foundation
Senate
Clinton
George W. Bush
White House
Heritage
Virginia Thomas
Ms. Thomas
Reagan
Bush
Executive Branch
FBI
Congress
Franklin Raines
Office of Connement and Budget
study/s advisory board
Nancy Kassébaum Baker
Kansas
Carl PR. Leubsdorf
Washington
Dallas Morning News
Postmaster Notice for Address Changes to Journal World
The notice instructs send address changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044. It is a standard OBS readers instruction within the public notice style of a local newspaper segment.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Ainema
Couin
Kansas
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
Public Forum on Education and science literacy in politics
A reader argues that state education board actions gut science education by redefining evolution cosmology and geology removing key themes and stresses science as explanations not mere facts. The letter urges hands on discovery based teaching rooted in nonpoliticized classrooms and timely scientific literacy.
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Greg Musil
Musil
State Board of Education
Gary Marsch
National Science Foundation
Ehr
Nsf
Peter Gegenheimer
Lawrence
Old Home Towns Residents Oppose U S 59 Bypass
A group of 15 rural residents asked the Douglas County Commission to drop the proposed U S 59 bypass citing property impact. Meanwhile the city commission planned action to force integration at the private Jayhawk Plunge pool as Lawrence lacked a municipal pool.
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Douglas County Commission
Jayhawk
Plunge
Lawrence
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