John Law and the Mississippi Bubble in French Finance
Friends at the Boston University Libraries mark the fiftieth anniversary of John Law’s birth and reflect on his paper money theory. They note his belief that money has no intrinsic value and that printed notes could drive wealth, industry, and national power, while acknowledging the Louisiana venture and the disastrous Mississippi Bubble that followed his crash and exile.
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Boston University
John Law
Law
France
Louisiana
Mississippi
Reed
Decisions of Young Yet No Solutions
An essayish take on educated youths in affluent society who demand more goods yet resist how to curb production. It critiques consumer culture, advertising, and green rhetoric, arguing wealth enables better living standards while neglecting paths to life-enhancing goals and global equity.
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Seling
America
Neemed South
Channel tunnel dream endorsed by Nature journal
The Nature journal urges damming the Channel and building a canal tunnel to provide electricity and transport, citing traffic hazards from the 800 vessels in the Channel and the risk of more sinkings. It warns that without action, hulls may collide and ships sink in coming years.
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English Channel
Nature
Journal
Britain
Prince
Lake Erie
Danish Restaurateur Tests Size Based Pricing for Women
Copenhagen chef Spies launches nuni midi and maxim portions in his new hotel restaurant to price meals by appetite, arguing women eat less than men and should pay less. American restaurateurs are advised to take note. This provocative move could fuel a women’s lib debate.
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Copenhagen
Boyle's Column Life in the Office Drama
HAL BOYLE argues office life is a stage with characters such as the office drinksers, the secretary, the bettor, the silver-haired office wolf, the sage, the gossip, and the boss. He notes daily acts from 8:57 a.m. to 5:29 p.m. and compares office theatrics to professional acting, asking why theater draws crowds when work offers similar drama.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Hollywood
U.S
Barrymore
Mike
Ike
Sage
Texas Voters Face Four Constitutional Amendments
A three part series outlines Amendment 4 to allow up to 100 million in state bonds for city sewage projects with up to 6 percent interest, plus three other proposals. Supporters say it funds clean water. opponents call it a boondoggle.
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Texas
Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas Afl-Cio
Texas Water Development Board
Clean Water For Texas Committee
Texas Municipal League
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Wisdom and Time in Use, a Watson Quote
A concise quotation from English poet Thomas Watson on wisdom as the power to allocate time and knowledge to proper use. The line emphasizes purposeful living.
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Thomas Watson
Bald eagle named American eagle by Audubon and Congress
The World Almanac notes the bald eagle was made the U S national emblem by Congress in 1782 and placed on the Great Seal in 1785. It explains that the term bald derives from the white head feathers and not their absence and credits James Audubon with the name American eagle.
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U.S
Congress
The
World Almanac
James Audubon
Reds Battle Reds In Ceylon Strife
The piece describes civil strife in Ceylon with leftist factions backed by Soviet and Chinese allies, framing the conflict as a proxy war among Communist powers. It notes Bandaranaike's coalition, Lumumba University links, and U.S. noninvolvement while detailing strategic stakes for Moscow and Peking in the Indian Ocean region.
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United Nations
N.Y
NEA
Ceylon
Russia
China
Siramavo Bandaranaike
United States
Washington
Bandaranaike
Nixon
Kremlin
Trotsky
Stalin
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Lumumba University
Lumumba U
Latin America
Middle East
Mao
Timely quotes reflect education, space, surveillance and war
A collection of public remarks from educators, astronauts, leaders and religious figures. James Herndon decries schools as a national church, Edgar Mitchell warns against halting space programs, Joe Frazier urges perspective, Hale Boggs critiques FBI surveillance, and a 33 religious leaders statement links national illness to the Vietnam War and calls for repentance and renewal.
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James Herndon
U.S
Southeast Asia
Kremlin doublespeak masks seeking advantage in talks
Henry Kissinger in an NEA essay warned Moscow could use disarmament talks to lull the United States while pursuing other aims. Three years later officials fear a Soviet tack: expanded arms to Egypt, satellites hint at first strike capability by the late 1970s, SALT stalemate, and little Soviet effort to end the Vietnam war.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Cuba
Middle East
Pentagon
State Department
White House
Egypt
William Rogers
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Orb Rowden
Bonme Ceakles
Women’s Editor
Cedar Street
Teblom
Fran Lundas
Boyle
Berry's
NEA. Inc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Edgar D. Mitchell
Joe Frazier
FBI
House
Hale Boggs
Ray Cromley
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