Protest at Oscars highlights debate over Black talent recognition
The piece notes Rev. Jesse Jackson outside a Hollywood TV station during the Academy Awards criticizing underappreciated Black performers. It emphasizes that many Black artists shone onstage produced by Quincy Jones and hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, and suggests participation in the show might be more effective than outside protests. Christopher Reeve’s moving speech is highlighted as a unifying moment.
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Hollywood
Jesse Jackson
ABC
Quincy Jones
Whoopi Goldberg
Jackson
Christopher Reeve
America
Timeline of notable historical events and milestones
A compact digest lists events from 1797 to a year ago, including Nathaniel Briggs patenting a washing machine in New Hampshire, the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, 1834 Jackson censure, Crimean War declarations in 1854, Giordano's Andrea Chenier premier in 1896, name changes from Constantinople to Istanbul and Angola to Ankara in 1930, the 1939 Madrid fall ending the Spanish Civil War, Woolf's death in 1941, St Nazaire raid in 1942, Rachmaninoff’s death in 1943, Eisenhower’s death in 1969, the 1978 Three Mile Island event, 1982 El Salvador election victory for Duarte, Libya Gulf of Sidra rally and ox named Regan, Yeltsin rallies and Moscow fire, Reagan Brady Bill support, and a 1990s Mitsubishi Bank merger.
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America
Three Mile Island
Middletown
Nathaniel Briggs
New Hampshire
U.S. Senate
Jackson
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Andrea Chenier
Umberto Giordano
Milan
Italy
Constantinople
Angola
Istanbul
Ankara
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Virginia Woolf
Lewes
England
St. Nazaire
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Beverly Hills
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
el Salvador
Constituent Assembly
Christian Democrats
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Muammar Gaddafi
Gulf of Sidra
Reagan
Boris N. Yeltsin
Moscow
Mikhail S$. Gorbachev
U.S
Japan
Mitsubishi Bank
Bank of Tokyo
Newspaper Credits and Circulation Note
The notice lists USPS 306-520 as the postpaid class, Lawrence Kansas mailing location, and membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press, indicating standard industry affiliations and payment status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Defense spending debate stalls in post Cold War America
The piece argues no active national debate exists on defense spending despite campaigns by Clinton and Dole. It notes Pentagon aims for 1.5 million active personnel with about 242.6 billion dollars in 1997, to wage two regional conflicts, and discusses the shift toward information domination and the need for a public, strategic discussion on future military needs. It highlights Russia's diminished threat and the high cost of maintaining a global behemoth security apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Bob Dole
Arkansas
Pentagon
Clinton
Strom Thurmond
George Bush
Colin Powell
Secretary of Defense
William J. Perry
Congress
Perry
Mrcs
Iraq
North Korea
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
Western Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Uni
Moscow
Powell
Chechnya
Foreign Affairs
Joseph Nye
William Owens
Defense
Johns Hopkins
Eliot Cohen
Joint Chiefs
Bill Clinton
Label and divide in public discourse over labels and fear
A Miami reader signs as Diogenes and riffs on labels that divide society into Winners Predators Invisibles. The writer critiques demographic labels in National Review style bureaus, warns against lazy thinking and warlike politics, and urges citizens to move beyond fear labeling toward constructive debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
D.I. Ogenes
Diogenes
Ms. Ogenes
Dinks
Gen X
Christian Right
Radical Left
The
Sensible Center
Feminists
Underclass
Public Forum letter critiques KU basketball consistency
Jayhawk inconsistency is discussed after a strong start in the NCAA tournament. The writer criticizes KU’s ball handling, charging fouls, and perimeter shooting, noting few bright spots in the second game. The piece thanks players and coach, urges belief in future title chances, and includes submission guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayhawk
Syracuse
Orangemen
Virginia
B.J
Williams
Delbert Bradley
Sunflower Plant shutdown to hit area budgets
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant will return to standby status triggering a major budget squeeze in the DeSoto area and belt-tightening elsewhere as payroll and operations funds fade. About 1,600 workers face termination by year end due to reduced propellant demand for the Vietnam War, altering local finances.
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Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
DeSoto
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the World Company
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Journal-World
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John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons II
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O
Jim Hoagland
Patrick Buchanan
Lucy
Charlie Brown
Lawrence World
Board of Regents
Bailey
Watkins Community Museum
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