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Forget about the IOP! The American Jewish Congress's 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Commission on Law and Social Action with a round table discussion at the new U.S. Federal Courthouse. The talk is moderated by former MA governer Michael Dukakis, and he'll be joined by Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Robert Drinan, Professor John Kenneth Galbraith and others. 2 to 8 p.m., Federal Courthouse, Northern Ave., Boston, 457-8888, FREE...
...foremost leaders of the Civil Rights movement, he is now a well-respected lawmaker in the U.S. Congress...
Lewis suffered a concussion, but the movementprevailed. Two weeks later, more than 35,000people marched into Montgomery, and later thatyear Congress passed the Voting Rights...
...months ago from the Philadelphia Inquirer, where, over 26 years, they earned their reputations as America's finest investigative reporters. Along the way they garnered almost every major journalistic prize, including two Pulitzers--for stories on auditing practices of the IRS and special tax breaks engineered by Congress--two Loeb awards for business reporting and four George Polk awards...
...otherwise reasonable and informative article about the Sigmund Freud exhibition at the Library of Congress [AMERICAN SCENE, Oct. 12], you suggested that the exhibit was postponed three years ago because of protests. As in some other cases, the library was forced to postpone solely because it had not then been able to raise the funds we always seek from private sources for exhibits. Despite inaccurate media reports, there was never any doubt the Freud show would take place. The library welcomes responsible controversy about the many exhibits it mounts of its rich and varied materials. JAMES H. BILLINGTON, Librarian Library...