Grain embargo test and Reagan’s politics as usual
ROBERT G. LEWIS argues the grain embargo issue exposes contradictions in Reagan’s policy from campaign promises to governance. He contends the 1979 Carter embargo, drought and crop shortfalls, and market pressures reveal a shift toward using food as leverage and maintaining a regulated export market, risking higher prices and less free trade.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Oval Office
Uncle Sam
Carter
Corn Belt
Southwest
Rocky Mountains
America
Soviet Union
Nixon
Ford
U.S
Sec
China
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Story Behind the Song
Paul Aurandt explains the creation of Take Me Out to the Ball Game, revealing Albert von Tilzer and Jack Norworth as unlikely writers who never attended a baseball game when they crafted the anthem in 1908. The piece covers their backgrounds, the origin of the phrase Polo Grounds, and the later revelation of their lack of game familiarity.
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Nelly Kelly
Joe
Coney Island
Nelly
Brooklyn
Amphion Theater
America
Albert von Tilzer
Jack Norworth
Albert
Gumm
von Tilzer
Honey
New York Times
Jack Notworth
Jack
Haneh
Veto Ehar
Cooperstoan Raseba
Aces
Tate Norearth
New York
Polo Grounds
Norworth
Maryland racing reform proposal aims to end deregulated consolidation
Annapolis editors discuss Gov. Hughes plan to deregulate horse racing and favor consolidation. The piece argues three tracks Bowie Laurel Pimlico cannot all survive, proposes higher takeout to fund consolidation, and predicts legislative battles over public ownership of dates and state intervention.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Marvin Maoden
Warthore
Harry Hughes
Maryland
Mandel
Bayer
Agpapolis
Conpolnethos
Plate
Erample
Bowie
Laurel and
Pimlico
Lea Ope
Hughes
Bowitill Close
Ome
Tate
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Robert G. Lewis
John Black
Washington, D.C
Frederick County
Paul Harvey
Paul Durand
Paul Aurandt
Aurandt
Chesapeake
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