Evangelist Billy Graham’s faith fuels nuclear arms critique
The piece traces Billy Graham’s three year shift from spiritual messaging to active opposition of the nuclear arms race. It notes his Moscow visit as part of a broader crusade begun in Tampa and expanded under presidents Carter and Reagan, asserting faith can challenge political power and urge a nuclear freeze.
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Billy Graham
Soviet Union
Graham
Moscow
Wes Granberg-Michaelson
Granberg-Michaelson
Sojourners Magazine
Mark Hatfield
Auschwitz
Tampa
Fla
CBS News
CBS
Truman
God
Carter
White House
Hatfield
Nixon
Reagan
New England
Reagan White House
Washington
Kremlin
Brezhnev
U.S
Communist Bloc
Subsidized housing drives Asia's economic surge in Hong Kong and Singapore
In Hong Kong and Singapore, government subsidized flats form a keystone of prosperity. Officials say public housing stabilizes the workforce, limits wage inflation, and creates a rising consumer class. Hong Kong plans and maintains large subsidized estates while Singaporehouses 75 percent of residents in public units.
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Hong Kong
Singapore
PNL
Frank Viviano
Viviano
Asia
Ho Man Tin
Princess Margaret Road
Kowloon
Peninsula Hotel
Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Bosco Fung
Man Tin
U.S
Public housing in Asia reshapes cities and economies
The piece traces Hong Kong and Singapore public housing programs from postwar slums to large scale estates. It cites 1970s targets, rising migration, and political repercussions such as Singapore’s Anson district setback for Lee Kuan Yew, reflecting housing policy as a driver of growth and social change.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Anson
Lee
Tables turn in Ottawa as Liberal leadership questioned
The Gallup poll shows the Liberal party weakening while the Conservatives gain to 44 percent of the decided vote and the NDP drops to 21 percent. The piece analyzes Trudeau’s leadership, internal Liberal revolts in Ontario and Quebec, and the likelihood of a leadership convention with John Turner favored.
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Ottawa
Joe Clark
NDP
Allan MacEachen
Pierre Trudeau
MacEachen
House of Commons
Clark
John Crosbie
Marc Lalonde
Crosbie
Trudeau
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland
Ed Broadbent
Broadbent
John Turner
Southam News
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Shek Kip Mei
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Russia
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