The Middle Class Back One Says Its Quiet Relevance
The essay argues the middle class remains a defining force in society and taxation, noting how widespread affluence dulls its distinction. It highlights criteria for being middle class, including tax burden, access to subsidies, and self reliance, while praising its role in supporting national finances and the Great Society.
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Dullsville
Paris
Greenwich Village
Uncle Sam
France
Spain
England
Germany
United States
Today’s Quip Cutting Corners at Work
A terse quip notes that taking shortcuts at work leads to circular outcomes. It frames efficiency as a trap that loops back to the start.
Logic No Good in Affair of Heart
Dear Abby columns present family and relationship dilemmas about moving to a better home, handling an Ellis upstairs, and managing a sister who uses others. Readers seek guidance on love, responsibility, and age-gap expectations with practical, blunt advice.
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Abby
Ellis
The Light Side of Hay Fever and Mail Confessions
A Washington columnist muses on morning mail dread and hay fever myths. He notes pollen culprits, year round allergy patterns, and language quirks for sneezing from Russian Swedish and French phrases. Experts warn family quarrels can worsen hay fever symptoms.
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Arizona
California
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Jesus
De Gaulle as Seen by Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop portrays Charles de Gaulle as monumental yet imperious. The piece traces his career from Lille birth in 1890 through WWI and interwar tension to leadership in exile, Paris liberation, and friction with Allied command, ending with a forceful demand for French independence and the charge that de Gaulle bled the economy to push his own glory.
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Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Lille
Nove
de Gaulle
Ecole Militaire
St. Cyr
Col
Philippe Petain
Verdun
Blumentritt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Conseil Superieur de la Guerre
London
Nothorn
Free French
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
George Marshall
Eisenhower
Germany
Patton
Saint-Lo
Jacques le Clerc
Paris
Supreme Command
U.S
FFI
Walter B. Smith
Hotel de Ville
Arc de Triomphe
Cleopatra’s Needle
Place de la Concorde
Queen City
Notre Dame
Lafayette
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Paton
Daily Crossword
Calla
Hawaiian
Bird
Pearean
Cleopatra
Guam
North Dakota
Dross
King Hussein
Samuel Johnson
Blockhead
Row
Abigail van Buren
Winnie
K. C
Los Angeles
Cal
Lukey
Deon Axbby
Washington
UPI
du Pont
Lois
Police
ARMY
New York
Jim Bishop
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