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The media of the 1920s saw its fair share of scandals and sensationalism. And one thing that this once-predominantly white male arena did not represent was diversity. Accordingly, “The Front Page”—a play written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and...
Would you like milk or sugar with your tea? Or how about lower electricity bills? Disgusted with their utility companies' plans to hike electricity rates as much as 55% in 2007, Illinoisans are throwing their version of the Boston Tea Party, sending tea bags with their bill payments as a...
The festivities will begin on the weekend before the swearing-in. On Saturday night, 10,000 rockets will be shot off in a 14-minute fireworks extravaganza at Lincoln Memorial; laser beams will link other monuments. That same day George Bush and his family will be wel comed by Texas...
This tren towards abolition or reduction of the language requirement comed for several reasons. Dean Edward Sullivan of Princeton where the language requirement was doubled a few years ago points out that there is a growing opposition to academic restraints in general. He says that the foreign language requirements is...
Next came further negotiations on the East African Economic Treaty. It was welcomed by the business communities who promised to stick to it; members were assured that, incredibly, most non-Africans in fact wel- comed its Africanization policy and its emphasis in self-management. The governments involved promised to help...