Saturday Notebook Notes on Foreign Aid and School Tests
Following the Libya raid only Britain aided U S bases in Britain Spain and France blocked airspace forcing detours. Johnny Carson teased bypassing France on Tonight Show. A Kansas State Education release critiques inservice training words like implement and maintain. An Osage Sage quote questions banker farmer understanding. A 17 year old killed himself on a Hampshire College TV broadcast amid prior hijacking. Children’s test results inspire parental musings as report cards near.
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U.S
Libya
Britain
Spain
France
Johnny Carson
Carson
New England
Amherst
Mass
Hampshire College
Aquatic exercise aids osteoporosis and insulin need chase
A reader asks if water workouts prevent osteoporosis. The doctor says water exercise provides bone stimulus via muscle tension, aiding calcium deposition. A second reader queries why some diabetics use pills and others injections. Pills contain sulfonylureas boosting insulin secretion in functional pancreas, while nonfunctioning pancreases require insulin injections.
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Pancreas
Hooray For The Folks In Chattanooga Jabbering Teens
Mike Royko recalls a Chattanooga cinema incident where five teens jabbered loudly. A lone patron ejects them, posing as an off duty police officer. they are arrested for disorderly conduct. Guardian of theater rules praised, family protests to City Hall. The piece wryly notes legal limits on punishment.
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Mike Royko
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
City Hall
Another War With No Room For Winners
Washington columnist David S. Broder argues that the Libya raid as a measured but flawed response to terrorism risks protracted conflict, European and Soviet relations, and shifting US interests. He warns that repeated strikes may erode freedom, public support, and focus, urging restraint and domestic political consideration.
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David S. Broder
Washington
United States
Libya
Reagan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Muammar Khadaffy
Britain
America
Western
Europe
Khadaffy
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nicaragua
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Syria
Iran
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