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Navy drills in Caribbean test new weapons and tactics
The Navy plans weeks of exercises in the Caribbean using about 120 ships and several hundred planes with around 35 000 personnel. Key focuses are an anti submarine phase with snorkel submarines facing a surface fleet equipped with new anti submarine devices and the first use of simulated atomic bomb operations in an amphibious assault plus guided missile attacks.
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Debate over Senate rules tests civil rights future
Washington writes that filibuster rights in the U S Senate shape civil rights and minority protections. The piece discusses two thirds and cloture, party splits, and the potential impact of changing rules on future governance and state power.
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Arthur Baer Probes Coffee Myths Across Europe and Time
The column recalls two unanswerable questions from Arthur Baer about Whistler’s father and European coffee. It humorously traces coffee history from Abyssinia to Constantinople, notes European practices, and touts American coffee culture as Baer admits becoming a coffee drinker, except in Europe.
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Shot in Arm for Ivan Taken at face value
Analyzed speech by Marshal Bulganin in Moscow is seen as a rhetorical boost to Soviet prestige. The piece argues such outbursts are aimed at the Soviet people, reflecting weakness rather than strength, and notes the U.S. response mirrors Moscow’s high readiness.
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When George Cranes Young Move From Daddy to Dad
In Dr George W Crane’s Worry Clinic case the oldest son, George, shifts from Daddy to Dad around age ten to feel more adult and reduce gendered cues. The doctor notes social slang, nicknames, and class distinctions in small towns versus cities, and explains the vanity and vanity dynamics behind nickname use.
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The Unusual Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
Hal Boyle recounts the life of a greedy jealous man who sought power and fame. The tale describes his cruelty, vanity, and paranoia through vivid episodes, ending with the assertion that his letters and papers reveal his true self. The piece concludes by naming him Napoleon Bonaparte, a grand but ironic epithet.
Michigan judge bars husband from wife for a year
A Michigan judge ordered a man to avoid speaking with his wife for twelve months as a legal measure. The remark about quietness hints at his need to refrain from interrupting. The column also notes cultural quips about antique chairs and snowy coast conditions amid light humor.
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Sophisticated New Yorkers and their fast pace
Erich Brandeis muses on New York life from a dry cleaner’s day ask, noting how tourists and locals hype the city’s sophistication. He recalls dime-store observations, dinner outings, and clubbing, then questions the claim of a constant fast pace, arguing many New Yorkers live overcrowded, repetitive routines and frequent subway travel.
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Friday March 4 Horoscope Forecast by Genevieve Kemble
The March 4 forecast emphasizes elder guidance and long-term planning, urging careful data review before decisions and stable partnerships. It notes potential health factors and domestic concerns, advising reassessment of family relations and institutions while warning of possible undercurrents. By 1948 oil output in the Middle East reached over one million barrels daily.
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Rhythm Boys' Orchestra plays for Maple School eighth grade
Twenty years ago the Rhythm Boys Orchestra led by Robert Anderson Thomas Troutwine Robert Crawford Russell Bowman John Montgomery Willie Mallett Denzel Naegler and Walter Cooley entertained at a Maple School eighth grade play. Rettig Advertising Company placed new waste cans on street corners bearing national and local ads and street names.
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Birds and pensions stir Midletown thoughts on life
Dave Regan muses that birds are not as clever as imagined as a robin endures a cold March morning in Middletown. He then questions a federal veteran pension bill, noting many World War II veterans he spoke with doubt the measure, preferring immediate pensions for disabled veterans and resisting broad taxes for an older, distant future.
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These Days: High Office and Civilized Manners
George E. Sokolsky argues that leaders abuse power, use vulgar language, and invite national decline. He contends decency, restraint, and respect are essential, warning that public vulgarity breeds casual impropriety and erodes societal standards.
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Questions And Answers In Theaters Green Room Curiosities
A quiz exposes why theater wings hold a green room the president wears no uniform and is a civilian snuff origins trace to Columbus natives and Spain waltzing mice are a rare domesticated breed from Japan via selective breeding
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