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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation's No. 1 gas bag. Representatives of Congress are expected to hold a symbolic meeting in Congress Hall on July 16, and on Sept. 17 -- the day the Constitution was formally approved by convention delegates -- President Reagan, former Chief Justice Warren Burger and congressional leaders will be present as a giant parade passes Independence Hall. A mammoth picnic along the Delaware River waterfront will follow the marching -- the "ultimate American picnic," according to planners...
Television and radio are putting on even bigger exhibitions, covering the entire country. CBS is presenting Bicentennial minutes that run between programs, while PBS has 90 three-minute reports from Bill Moyers. Moyers is also doing eleven one-hour specials, interviewing such constitutional experts as Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor and William Brennan. ABC's entertainment division is preparing a one-hour tribute titled The Splendiferous Wham-Bam Constitution Special that will feature a number of stars, including Michael J. Fox and Barbra Streisand. On a serious note, both the ABC and NBC news divisions will...
Many communities around the country will present their own lectures and hold debates. In North Dakota, for example, the text of the Constitution is being read in halls across the state, with results that are somewhat surprising; after one reading in Bismarck, an insurance salesman became so excited that he closed his office, went home, sat his wife down and read her the whole thing...
...Federal Convention of 1787 and The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, Madison and John Jay. Both are currently in print and widely available in paperback editions. Separately and together they tell the intertwined story of Constitution and framers with the clear voice of the times, not the way present-day passions may choose to perceive...
...Central Committee also endorsed Gorbachev's broad proposals for an economic revolution. But a stalemate between reformers and conservatives on the Politburo compelled Gorbachev to put off seeking endorsement of specific decrees that would put his radical reforms into effect. Instead, the General Secretary pledged to present a detailed plan before the end of the year. As if frustrated by the delay, he attacked with particular relish the subject of slovenly industrial habits. Noting a decline in the enthusiasm for discipline and order that first accompanied his reforms, he charged that "loafers, spongers and pilferers once again feel at ease...