Accounting Wonders and the Budget Figures Trick
Washington reports a method to cut billions from the deficit by reclassifying Treasury certificates into participation certificates. No money moves, yet funds appear more available. critics warn the technique hides reality and looms over federal budgeting.
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Washington
Treasury
Today’s Quip About a Waterfall Cottage Humidity Joke
A witty quip suggests a tiny cottage beside a waterfall becomes a humid, impractical house. The joke plays on humidity turning a cozy retreat into a moisture issue.
Daily Crossword Across
Across clues include Brown earth folds over unsophisticated bulging jar strong cords water craft river in SW Asia romantic of sorts sun god place region abbr ghostly emerge respond supplier viper piece out music note large bundles safe thief s slang Hebrew measure orchestra leader Phil bewail reserved fish. Down clues Open s as a gift nymph storage places time before.
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SW Asia
Ghostly
Emerge
Respond
Supplier
Viper
Daily Cryptoquote Puzzle Sample With Cipher Key
A cryptogram sample explains letter substitution amid a daily puzzle. It shows AXYCLBAAXE represents LONGFELLOW and provides an encoded line for solving. The note references Yesterday's quote by Tagore and credits King Features Syndicate.
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Longfellow
Language sparks and mail from the G I s in the 11th trs
Dear Abby answers readers on multilingual families, a lonely GI seeking letters from overseas, a joking trash inspector idea, and a wife warned not to reveal age. Abby weighs in on languages, loneliness, and neighborly mail antics.
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Abby
Europe
States
G. I
Air Force
11Th Trs
Thailand
Johnson Rejects Portrait By Peter Hurd
Washington President Johnson rejected the Peter Hurd portrait deeming it unacceptable due to size lighting style and composition. The White House cites official portrait standards while contemporary accounts note Johnson reportedly reacted heatedly and sought another artist.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Peter Hurd
White House
Lyndon
Lady Bird
George
George Washington
George Hamilton
President
Year of the bluff shapes Johnson era politics
The piece argues 1967 may be the year of bluff and baloney as President Johnson pursues Great Society goals while waging war in Southeast Asia. It notes consensus as a fragile political concept amid rising campaign rhetoric and cites Henry Haskell on political promises and human nature.
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State of the Union
Congress
Johnson
Great Society
Southeast Asia
LBJ
80Th Congress
United States
Republican Party
Henry J. Haskell
Rome
Knoupf
Haskell
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Marcus
Quintus
Merry Men
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