Commencement Address at Amputown Graduates Noted Speaker
Brian Dickinson delivers an offbeat commencement speech at Amputown University. He jokes about deans relaxing, parents’ finances, and the world being an oyster while grads chase pearls. He riffs on politics, chores, and quirks of student life, ending with a nod to endurance and late-night study grind.
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Ampustown
USA
Knowledge
Berry’s World Twinkies and Smart Food in Play and Life
The piece notes a person juggling varsity lacrosse duties and a title role in King Lear while hinting at self awareness. It warns overdue library books must be returned or diplomas will be shredded in a tongue in cheek Scripps Howard News Service style.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Jesus Seminar to Reopen Jesus Resurrection Questions
The Jesus Seminar plans October sessions to reexamine gospel accounts of Jesus resurrection miracles healings and life events. Scholars dispute bodily resurrection and view miracles as myths teaching lessons while ministers fear shocking congregations. Newspaper Enterprise Assoc.
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Jesus Seminar
Jesus
Christ
Sea of Galilee
Newspaper Enterprise Asst
Maryland Road Funds Threaten State's Future, Latham Warns
Robert E. Latham, executive director of the Maryland Highway Contractors Association, argues that freezing more than 775 million in highway projects through 1992 due to funding deadlock will raise vehicle costs, reduce jobs, and hurt safety. He cites TRIP findings on road and bridge conditions, lost federal funds, and the need for 428 million annually for upkeep, urging new transportation funding.
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Maryland
Administration
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Transportation
James Lighthizer
Trip
Robert E. Latham
The
Maryland Highway Contractors Association
Norah Whiting Examines Pro-Life Movement Motives
Norah Whiting argues that the anti choice push in Maryland focuses on regulating sexual behavior rather than protecting life. She compares pro life aims to inflexible moral control and Prohibition era zeal, noting contradictions over rape exemptions and birth control. Whiting concludes activists seek to enforce personal morality through law.
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Baumgartner
Maryland
Pro Life
David Sense
Debate over drug checkpoints and constitutional rights
Stephen Tom argues in defense of sheriff drug checkpoints, countering Michael Crosby's claim they violate the Constitution. He asserts checkpoints, seat belt and gun laws, and workplace drug testing are lawful safeguards within a regulated society, noting plain view searches and probable cause justify enforcement while defending officers against double standards. Stephen Tom lives in Frederick.
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Michael Crosby
Crosby
Sheriff’s Office
Stephen Tom
Frederick
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