Lenin’s Fall From Grace Marks Lenin’s legacy amid post Soviet debate
Editorial contrasts Lenin’s fading veneration with Columbus in the 500th anniversary year. It notes Moscow mausoleum crowds shrinking since 1991 reforms, calls for removing Lenin’s remains, and cites officials and reformers reassessing the Great Socialist Experiment. The piece discusses media shifts, blame for terror, and lingering questions about Lenin’s role and future removal.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Vladimir Lenin
Soviet Union
Moscow
Red Square
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Kremlin
Izvestia
Tass
Pravdnong
Russia
Vladimir
Grant
Soviet Empire
Sazhi Umalatova
Umalatova
Josef Stalin
Boris N. Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Sergei Shakhrai
Public forum compares King case to earlier police beating
The letter argues Cuban-American Miami officers beat a black salesman after a chase and were acquitted. It notes rioting, federal double jeopardy calls, and claims jurors acted within department rules. The author criticizes media influence and stresses the tape allowed fair evaluation.
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Rodney King
Miami
Los Angeles
Pinckney School marks 50th anniversary celebration
Old Pinckney School hosted a 50th anniversary event with former teachers and students in attendance. The 1931 building, named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, featured Opal Jayne Kennedy as principal. Campaigns for an upcoming May 11 election included a floodplain planning fee and a recall against City Commissioner Tom Gleason. Douglas County spelling champion Kendra Martin, 14, Baldwin, placed 11th at the state bee won by Tanya Zaharah Solomon, 10, Overland Park. Shelby Shanks, 14, Kinsley, took second.
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Tees
Tom Gleason
Buford Watson
Douglas County
Kendra Martin
Baldwin
Overland Park
Tanya Zaharah Solomon
Shelby Shanks
Kinsley
Chief Seattle quotes spark debate on myth and misuse
New York Times writer Timothy Egan traces the legend of Chief Seattle and a disputed 1854 letter to President Pierce. He notes how eco-activists misquote Seattle while a 1971 claim about railroads and buffaloes is likely an error, as a speech later proved to be fiction.
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New York Times
Timothy Egan
Franklin Pierce
See-ath
Puget Sound
Seattle
Port Eliott
Henry Smith
Indiana
Prairies
President Pierce
Union Pacific Railway
Western Union Telegraph Co
Rudolph Kaiser
Ted Perry
Perry
Vermont
Dial Books
Brother Eagle
Pierce
Chief Seattle
Susan Jeffers
Bradley Urges Restraint After LA Riots and King's Verdict
Mayor Tom Bradley faced a nation in shock as he condemned the Rodney King verdict and urged restraint. He lamented the violence while condemning the court's decision, arguing it devalued African-American humanity and underscoring underlying poverty and police-community tensions fueling the unrest.
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Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Bradley
Rodney King
King
L.A
Jim Crow South
Elyll
Bush
Small
Computers Can't Beat a Dictionary
A writer laments poor spell checks in software and urges reliance on traditional dictionaries and school learning. He recalls missteps by spelling programs with examples from Hippocrates to Armageddon and notes how prooforeaders once safeguarded accuracy before computers.
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Miami
Hippocrates
George Washington
Gettysburg
William Shakespeare
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