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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...

Author: By Eunice Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Redefined Roles Run in 'The Front Page' | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Illinois Tea Party | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An $8 Million Shindig | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Daniel H. Maccoby, | Title: The Foreign Language Requirement | 11/19/1971 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Hayden A. Duggan, | Title: African Movement Gains Strength | 11/29/1967 | See Source »

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