Buckley on propaganda and Abernathy in East Germany
The piece critiques American foreign policy and proclaims concern over how communist propaganda shapes opinions. It highlights Ralph Abernathy’s East German visit, mocks the German Democratic Republic, and questions U.S. calls for moral leadership amid Cold War tensions.
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Ganda Success
Ralph D. Abernathy
Martin Luther King
Abernathy
America
East Germany
Life Magazine and the Twilight of Its Glorious Party Era
A nostalgic critique traces Life magazine from its glamorous early 1930s heyday to its decline in the late 1980s. It recalls iconic images and the magazine’s central appeal of prestige and novelty before shifting to earnestness and financial pressures.
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London
Life Magazine
Life
Bob Cape
Omaha
Crosby
Bayer
Gary Cooper
Merle Oberon
A Hard Look at a Vast Magazine Empire
The piece recounts a once sprawling magazine known for lavish books and global staff, noting overstaffing and high costs. It contrasts its high production with limited editorial focus, cites a memorable Amos n Andy assignment, and reflects on a model that attracted millions of readers but burned through resources.
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Tor
Life
Amos 'N
Andy
Saturday Evening Post
Outer Mongolia
Collier’s
Reader's Digest
Fara
Paris Match
Sil
Maverick Elector MacBride Marks Electoral History
Virginia elector Moyer L. MacBride joins a list of so called mavericks who voted for Joan Hospers or other candidates instead of the designated nominee. The piece argues for abolishing the electoral college and adopting direct national or proportional state voting, noting past mavericks offered moral but not decisive impact.
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Washington
Moyer L. MacBride
Charlottesville
Samual Miles
William Primer
Preston Parks
W. F. Turner
Henry P. Irwin
Lloyd W. Bailey
Maverek
Kilpatrick
MacBride
Republi
Richard Nixon
Joan Hospers
Miles
Pennsylvania
Adams
Jefferson
Plumer
New Hampshire
Monrot
John Quincy Adams
Parks
Bailey
North Carolina
Wallace
Mavercks
Mavericks
Bhias
Auth
Vingnia
Nixon
McGovern
Virginia
Ll. Haspers
Pepsi and Nixon Ties Boost Soviet Pepsi Push
The article details PepsiCo's global expansion including deals to market Soviet vodka and wine in the United States in exchange for access to the Soviet cola market. It highlights Donald Rendall and Kendall's roles, Nixon’s past interactions, and the perceived inside track while noting regulatory pushback from HEW and the FTC actions against PepsiCo.
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Pepsi
United States
Nixon
Soviet Union
Coca-Cola Corps
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Kremlin
Pepsico
Donald Rendall
Aleksei Kosygin
Kendall
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Friendsip
Federal Trade Commission
Pepsi-Cola
Rheingold
New year may end the cold war says columnist Frye
William Kr. Frye argues in this New Year forecast that 1976 will mark an end to twenty five years of cold war with Vietnam settlement likely and decisive shifts in East West relations. He highlights potential SALT progress, a Western China economic tilt, and risks of a Japan US trade clash shaping Europe and Asia.
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William KR. Frye
United Nations
N. Y
Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Moscow
Peking
Saigon
America
Western Alliance
China
Soviet Union
Europe
Japan
Indian Subcontinent
Middle East
France
Italy
Easternurope
United States
Tokyo
West
Asia
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Walter Ulbricht
Stalin
West Germany
Khruschny
John F. Kennedy
Dr. Abernathy
Kennedy
West Biefo
German Democratic Republic
Germany
Ralph Abernathy
Anti Defamation League
Hitler
América
Robashov
By John Crosby
Henry Luce
IV Networks
Punch
Clare Boothe
Vanity Fair
Conde Nast
Nast
Luce
Jack Anderson
Tate Nikita Khruschev
U.S
White House
Commerce Department
Thaby Avant
The
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