To Be 70 and the American Moment
George Will reflects on turning seventy in 1960s America, noting social progress from desegregation to women's rights, medical advances, and a shrinking violent death risk. He links aging to cultural memory, Twain and Fitzgerald, and the duty to pursue happiness amid a expanding octogenarian cohort.
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Washington
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
Yankees
Casey Stengel
Pearl Harbor
America
Mark Twain
Twain
New York Mets
Polonius
Republic
Scott Fitzgerald
Mother's Day proclamation and Nixon impeachment hearings noted
On this day in 1914 Woodrow Wilson issued the first presidential proclamation for a national Mother's Day. In 1974 the U.S. House opened impeachment hearings against President Nixon. The entry also lists births, sports notes, a quoted line from J M Barrie and EU expansion prospects, with the moon phase between May 3 and May 10.
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Woodrow Wilson
U.S. House of Representatives
Richard Nixon
Fielder
White Sox
J.M. Barrie
European Union
Croatia
Iceland
Macedonia
Turkey
Obama has moment to end wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Tom Hayden argues Obama now has the moral and political capital to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011 12 and curb war in Iraq. He cites potential savings of lives and dollars and favors a counterterrorism focus over ground invasions. He urges decisive withdrawals and debate on Pakistan policy. He notes DNC support for Afghan withdrawal and calls for two quick presidential decisions.
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Barack Obama
U.S
Afghanistan
Iraq
Obama
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Joe Biden
George Will
United States
Berlin
London
NATO
Europe
Taliban
al-Qaida
Baghdad
Pakistan
Pentagon
Republican Party
Democratic National Committee
Barbara Lee
D-Calif
End of an era as last manual typewriter plant closes
Dayton Daily News columnist notes the closing of the last manual typewriter factory in India and reflects on the bygone era of clacking keys. He contrasts it with modern digital tools and recalls the tactile catharsis of striking out and discarding a sheet of paper.
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India
Nietzsche
Snoopy
IBM Selectric
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