Tasteless TV Overload Triggers Puritan Snaps and Alarm
A columnist laments tasteless television as advertising growth, violent footage, and sensational crime outpace decency. He warns about ads intruding on viewing, cites networks pushing tawdry content, and stresses impact on children while opposing censorship and broader cultural decline.
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Carnegie Foundation of New York
Rise of explicit entertainment sparks censorship concerns
Richard D. Heffner warns that the home video and interactive entertainment boom threatens free expression. He argues current out-of-home movie ratings fail to curb in-home explicit content and suggests decisive steps, including avoiding materials or rating schemes, to prevent government censorship while acknowledging no easy technological fix.
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Miss LaVideo Guenda
America
Jack Valenti
Nancy Reagan
Attacks on Clintons border on indecent, says Anthony Lewis
The writer critiques Anthony Lewis for three reasons behind the Clinton vilification and dismisses Mrs Clinton as independent or intelligent. He accuses her of cattle futures profits, Whitewater investments, and co-presidency, arguing the critique is driven by resentment of her autonomy and intellect. The piece references Bill Clinton as a Southerner and disputes the columnist's views.
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Tribune
James Blair
Tyson Industries
Whitewater
Jim M
Bill
U.S
Bill Clinton
Mr. Lewis
Bill Power
Paket Enema
Forshein Press
James Estrada
Mesa Youtheatre Praise Highlights Set and Lighting
A Mesa Youtheatre letter writer praises recent productions noting standout set and lighting. The writer, Barbara Hewitt, asks The Tribune readers to share views on public issues and provides contact details for letters to the editor.
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First Lady Hillary Clinton Faces Media Spotlight at Waldorf
Hillary Rodham Clinton sits in a Waldorf suite amid reporters as she defends her conduct and ambitions. She denies untoward Whitewater and commodities trades, cites trusted advisers, and rejects sexism while asserting her right to shape her own life despite public scrutiny.
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the Waldorf
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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U S role in defending democracy amid Serb conflicts
The article argues the United States must back democracy as a vital interest amid Serb warring, condemning Serbia's war while noting past East bloc upheavals. It questions U.S. funding to the United Nations and critiques political hypocrisy around labeling the conflict a civil war or ethnic clash.
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Serbia
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East Germany
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