Civil Service reform by Carter plan aims to curb abuses
The Carter administration proposes breaking the Civil Service Commission into two bodies, creating an Office of Personnel Management and a Merit System Protection Board. The plan seeks to curb automatic pay increases, emphasize merit, and extend whistle blower protections while preserving the system’s benefits, amid a grand jury probe and years of debate on a balanced reform.
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Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
White House
Capitol Hill
Commission
Carter Administration
Office of
Merit System Protection Board
Congress
Carter's first overseas trip viewed as useful
The piece argues that Jimmy Carter's initial foreign voyage, though lacking policy triumphs, was worthwhile. It notes public skepticism of televised abroad spectacles and the shrinking gap between nations as economies interlink through Arab oil and global markets. Overall, the trip is deemed useful despite some blunders.
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East Podunk
Aswan
Eisenhower
Kennedy
West Berlin
Germany
Coming Back To California
A reflective essay recalls California’s past as seen from a Los Angeles to Palm Springs flight. The narrator revisits old citrus groves, packing houses, and migrant life, contrasts then and now, notes smog, and muses on pollution solutions and technological fixes.
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Old Baldy
Sierra Madre
Palm Springs
San Jacinto
California
Helen Hunt Jackson
Claremont
Pomona College
Bill Coon
Troy
N.Y
Pomona
Ontario
Riversdale
Montana
Buffalo
Los Angelenos
Mohave Desert
General Electric
Psychology applied in the Middle East reshapes peace talks
The essay argues that Sadat's gesture culture clashes with Begin's bargaining view, as psychology enters diplomacy. It notes Israelis and Arabs increasingly analyze the conflict through trauma, Holocaust memory, and humiliation, while warning that misreadings threaten to derail progress and set back regional hopes.
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Middle East
Menachem Begin
Levant
Lebanon
Barbary
Sadat
Political Labels Define Virtually Same Feelings
In the current climate, a test discerns how readers perceive conservatism and liberalism based on views of self-reliance versus state intervention. Examples from Milford Illinois, Philadelphia Black neighborhoods, and foster care illustrate how informal care often clashes with formal standards, yet the core debate remains about preventing abuse while avoiding needless harm. The piece argues conservatives and liberals may converge on solutions despite differing rhetoric.
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Ill
Howard Industries
Illinois
Philadelphia
South
The Giant and the Pygmy Quote by Colton
Charles C Colton argued that removing luck opportunity and social influence reveals a small man. The quote highlights how greatness depends on chance friendships and adversaries shaping fortune.
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Charles C. Colton
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