Editorial on spelling, education, and journalism demands
A columnist extols doing good to enemies and discusses a Iowa journalism survey. He recalls his own struggle with spelling from grade school to college, argues spelling must be learned early, and warns reporters face dismissal in the newsroom if they fail writing tests.
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Washington High School
How's Your Spelling Test Highlights Misspellings
Esquire once published a spelling test of tricky words that are commonly misspelled. The narrator recalls attempting the list with confidence, then found confidence evaporate after several items, finishing with nine errors out of twenty. Dr Bergan Evans, a television language expert, admitted missing six.
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Esquire Magazine
Bergan Evans
Custom and Negligence Trials Highlight Legal Standards
A court holds Jenks negligent despite common practice of crossing blocks. The judge rejects the defense that following custom excuses harm, noting that common behavior does not validate wrongdoing. Other cases show how industry custom informs negligence, as in a shopper colliding with a market door where standard glass thickness proved no fault. Written by Will Bernard for 1975 ABA.
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Bidding decisions after four hearts fit and South to move
South considers four options including four hearts, four no trump, three notrump, or six hearts. With four hearts and strong invitation, four hearts seems best given expected 18 points for opener and four-card heart support. Four no trump risks depend on aces. Blackwood may guide further. six hearts could be ambitious but plausible with 35 combined points.
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Delicate Italian wife valued at 1100s court table ethics
A fragment from L M Boyd quotes Balzac on a 30 year old woman and notes a question about who first forked tableware, claiming it was introduced by an Italian nobleman's wife in Venice in A D 1100, with other trivia about potatoes and early U.S. politics.
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Dear Abby Wedding Dilemmas Stir Family Tensions
Abigial Van Buren’s column shares reader questions about a mother pressuring a daughter to elope, a widow planning to remarry with distance and teen opinions, and etiquette on wedding attire. The responses advise hosting a church wedding, open communication, and clear invitation wording.
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