Art Buchwald Dinner Crisis in Washington
Washington faces a surreal diplomatic drought as Arab embassies suspend entertaining. A chorus of officials and pundits predicts widespread hunger among Washington’s elite, with Red Cross aid, food stamps for canceled invitations, and embassies repurposed as carryout windows. The Israeli embassy bears blame for the crisis, while the Soviet pledge evaporates and the State Department stays publicly neutral.
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Middle East
Department of Agriculture
War On Poverty Office
Sinai
State Department
White House
United Nations
Reminiscences Link Kid McCoy to Ali and Boxing Tactics
In a June 8 reminiscence column by John Bruen Sr of Goshen, readers are guided through pivotal World War I era headlines and the debut of the real McCoy, Sgt Norman Selby, in Middletown. The piece ties McCoy’s corkscrew punch to Muhammad Ali and Cassius Clay’s famous moments, noting McCoy’s notorious trickery and his 15th round KO of Tommy Ryan. It recalls McCoy’s Hall of Fame election in 1957 and his death by suicide in 1940, then cheekily asks if any locals he recruited remain.
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Europe
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorf
John J. Pershing
England
Middletown
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Norman Selby
Stratton Theatre
James Street
71St Infantry
Kid McCoy
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Liston
Clay
Kid McOy
Muhammad Ali
Selby
Tommy Ryan
Ryan
Nova's radically different school aims to replace grades with self-directed learning
Jim Bishop profiles Nova in Florida where founder Stuart Synnestvedt argues the 11 month program, video lectures, multilingual rooms, and student led broadcasts create a pupils centered system. Teachers earn more, students study longer and test results are replaced by pace based placement.
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Florida
U.S
Stuart Synnestvedt
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