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After reading all of the positive reviews, I purchased this blanket to use as a comforter in my son's room. Before using, I washed it seperately & machine dried it for only about 10 min to remove any wrinkles. After removing from the dryer, there appeared to be white fuzz all over it (very noticable on black). While picking off the fuzz, it became apparent that it was the polyfill stuffing coming out through the blanket. There were even a few small pinholes where cotton ball - sized clumps had pulled out through the fabric. I am so surprised that this had not happened to anyone else, unless they used the blanket without washing first. If I could remove the fuzz, I would consider keeping it, but as you pull it off, more stuffing continues to come out. Unfortunately, this one is going back.
Washed the item per the instructions and the nice plum color was covered in pieces of the filling - took awhile to take them all off. Other than that it is warm and provided just the look that I wanted.
It looked very nice when I recieved it, but when I used it the filling immediately started coming thru the outer material. It was very disapointing, and i would not recommend this blanket to anyone!
This is a beautiful soft blanket but it sheds. The filling comes out of the blanket and makes a big mess. On mine it comes out only on the stripe side but even putting it in the dryer does not help. If you used a lint remover you would use all the paper on the roller and still have the filling coming out. I can't recommend this blanket to anyone.
Beautiful fit, perfect finish, and wonderful weight on this comforter. I thought "Luxurious" might be stretching it until it arrived and I got to enjoy it. It was more than worth the money I spent on it. It is a generous Cal King size. Long enough, wide enough, and not overpoweringly heavy. The color is beautiful (taupe), and really looks rich on the bed against my chocolate sheets, shams and dust ruffle. I couldn't be happier. And no flying feathers!
Cozy is what you will feel under this blanket. It is a medium weight so good for our mild winters or when we turn on the air-conditioning. It is well made
This is a great blanket. The fabric is nice and the weight is perfect. I have no idea how it will hold up through multiple washings, but it's great so far!
I do not like the constant "escape" of feathers. Also would prefer product to not be dry clean only.
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This is in response to Sen. Greg Gregory's fall Legislative report. We appreciate being informed about what is happening in Columbia, but we were dismayed when we read the information about the federal Medicaid Expansion Program.
This is not a political issue; it is a humanitarian issue that affects all S.C. residents. We believe the state of South Carolina is doing an injustice to the working poor and all residents of this state.
For some of us, the new year begins by identifying resolutions and goals. As a resident of Collins Road, I am determined to see progress made on improving the infrastructure closest to home in the Panhandle.
Longtime neighbors and I remember simpler times when a landmark we gave to friends for directions might be "turn left at Indian Land Elementary School." Last month it was "turn left at Indian Land Daycare." Then it quickly became "turn left at Dunkin' Donuts and Publix."
It has been revealed that the S.C. Retirement System Investment Commission has been failing to serve the interests of the retirees of South Carolina.
This pension board pays the highest percentage of fees in the country, which ultimately could cost both retirees and taxpayers.
Last year alone, South Carolina spent $420 million in fees, which is three times the national average. These fees, say the commissioners, are to have higher quality investments that will help the state.
Have you ever dated someone who would show up places uninvited or said things to make you think they were watching you?
January is Stalking Awareness Month and most people do not understand everything that stalking can include.
The definition of stalking, according to the Stalking Resource Center, is the repeated harassment or following of another person with the intention of causing them to fear for their life or safety. It frequently occurs when a battering relationship comes to an end.
I would like to respond to David Whiting's letter, "It's time to take back the South," in the Jan. 8 edition of The Lancaster News.
Mr. Whiting, while the first part of your letter reflects some of my sentiments: i.e, the Northern brethren's propensity to assume that since we talk slow, we must think slow, is a source of irritation to most Southerners.
I would like to respond to Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell's article, "Glimmer of Hope," in the Dec. 27, 2013, edition and S.C. Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore's article, "Red to the Roots," in the Dec. 29, 2013, edition of The Lancaster News.
Moore said, "It was only within the last two decades that Republicans gained majorities in the S.C. General Assembly and among our state's nine constitutional officers."
The Mattamy Homes cluster development proposal before Lancaster County Council on Jan. 13 consists of very large houses on very small lots very close together with very narrow roads. These parameters have been specified by Mattamy Homes to permit cramming 933 houses onto the Treetops site on Van Wyck Road.
As we enter 2014, let us remember the promises of God in the Bible. The Lord Jesus Christ promised that "him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37).
If a person comes by faith to Christ for salvation, he will never be rejected. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
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Lady Snowblood is a Japanese grindhouse flick from the '70s, and is probably best known as being "that movie that inspired Kill Bill." It's based on the manga series Shurayukihime by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura, and it follows the story of a young woman named Yuki, who is conceived and born for the sole purpose of avenging the rape of her mother and the murder of her mother's husband and son. It takes place in the Meiji era (1868-1912), right after Japan reopens itself to trade with the West, and the fall of the 250 year old Tokugawa Shogunate. The government was pretty much completely overhauled, the previously defunct emperor given back the reigns of power, and a parliament created. Needless to say, this was a period of unrest in Japan's history, and what happens to Yuki's mother is a result of that unrest.
Yuki performs her revenge in a dazzling array of gorgeous kimonos, but first I just want to lay out what that means exactly. There are technically two types of Japanese robes for women: the yukata and the kimono. The yukata is typically made of cotton, and meant for the hot, humid summer months. The yukata is also considered more casual. Kimonos, on the other hand, tend to be made of silk and have two visible collars (called eri). The second collar is usually detachable and attaches to the juban, or under robe. Kimonos are typically worn in the winter, or on more formal occasions. The obi is the topmost silk sash that is usually tied in an elaborate bow at the back. It has more layers than you can see, but I won't really be talking about them. If you want to know more about kimono terminology, here is a pretty good resource.
This is one of the first kimonos we see Yuki in, which is white with a blue flower motif along the bottom. The cerulean obi with gold detailing is probably one of the most beautiful ones she wears in the whole film. Kimono patterns are very seasonal, and the flowers on this one help to reinforce that this scene takes place in the spring/summer. Yuki wears a lot of white, which I think is to represent her innocence and youth, but often when she is wearing this colour, a whole lot of carnage goes down. However, white also ties her to her mother's dead husband, who is essentially killed for wearing this colour, and white was the colour worn by samurai when committing ritual suicide, which she essentially is. Yuki knows she could die at any time committing her vengeance, and she dresses accordingly.
This blue striped kimono with red obi is one of the most graphic costumes Yuki wears in the films. The colours and the stripes are quite nautical, aren't they? And very appropriate for assassinating someone on the seashore. You'll notice that there's not a lot of white showing here, and this hit is probably the most bloodless. It should also be noted that her juban here (and pretty much in all the scenes where Yuki is out for murder), is red. You can catch flashes of it throughout the film, and I think it's there to represent both her true murderous intent underneath her innocent beauty, as well as for a hint of sexyness, as red is also considered a very sexy colour in kimono patterns.
As you can tell from the sword, Yuki is out to avenge her mother's murderers. But the minimal amount of white here means no battle scene is about to go down, and, as it turns out, this target happens to be dead. Yuki also tends to wear purple during calm scenes, either on the kimono or her obi.
There is a lot of white going on in this outfit, and as you can see, the blood spatter gets pretty intense. Her juban during this fight scene is also red, and you catch flashes of it every time she slashes her sword.
Again Yuki is in purple, and again no fighting happens in the scenes where she is wearing this headcovering. My theory is that main purpose of this headcovering is to help emphasize the shock on Yuki's face when a certain ally reveals who his father truly is (film studies students, eat your heart out).
This is the "final countdown" kimono, and you can see here that her juban is again red, and this kimono is predominantly white. The butterflies also symbolize the souls of the living and the dead, which is why she's wearing what might be considered a spring motif in the winter. If she was going to go down, she would go down fighting – while making a sartorial impact.


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Black Watch saved my life – A few months ago I locked my keys in the car. It was about 9:00 on a Thursday night and all I wanted to do was go home. I didn't have my cell phone with me and I was stranded. The bartender could not have been more helpful. He made sure I had access to a phone to call AAA and he kept me company with some other patrons from the bar while I waited over 45 minutes for AAA. The bartender made me feel better about being such an idiot and turned a bad situation into a relatively good time. The free beer didn't hurt either. :)
Best Kamakazi Pitchers – This is the best place to kick off your evening by sharing a kamakazi pitcher with friends - or be brave and down it on your own. The staff is friendly and the atomosphere is unique for the area. If you are lucky enough to score a booth ask the bartender for some dice cups and play a few games while people watching.
crowded but fun – The kamikaze shots/drinks taste a little weak, but don't be fooled they catch up quick. We went there for my sister's birthday. It was a good time. She was done in by the kamikazes (just so darn tasty!). When we initially got there, the place was pretty empty, after about 10pm, the place totally filled up. Wall to wall people. Most pretty friendly. This place definitely has a scene. People are dressed up, but not to worry those of us who won't wear tank-tops in 30 degree weather can also feel at home. I thought the bartenders were really nice. This is a good place to have a fun time.
Kamikazi's Anyone? – Get there early for their kamakazi specialty (cranberry preferred) and to start off the night right before heading to the other LG bars. If you're lucky enough to get one of their booths or bar seats you have certainly lucked out.
Kamikaze Shots – This is the best place in the South Bay for a kamikaze shot. Just a good bar. Small, dark inside bar with a dart board is the whole place. IF your in need of a shot or kami, this is the place to hold you over.
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A local favorite since 1959, this dark and unassuming tavern consists of a handful of oversized wooden booths in the main room, a bustling bar scene and a smaller gaming area in the back with pinball and Pac-Man. Coats of arms and other Scottish cultural paraphernalia co-exist with purple Christmas lights and other modern touches. The predominantly classic-rock jukebox spills out tunes while kamikaze shots and beers are consumed with vigor.
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As securing loans from large banks remains tricky for many mom and pops after the depths of the recession, more small-business owners are turning to small banks and other nontraditional sources of capital to grow their operations.
Just ask Dave Wheeler, owner of Manzanita Outfitters in Prescott, Ariz. He's knocked on many doors for cash infusions including traditional large banks, small merchant financing products and has even used his home as equity to help finance the business.
"It was brutal, just brutal," Wheeler said. "I've suspended paychecks from time to time. You do whatever you can to keep the doors open," he said.
Wheeler's comments were part of a small-business roundtable Wednesday with the National Federation of Independent Business and American Express, which offers a small merchants financing products and promotes an annual "shop small" initiative.
"Small business as a group, they aren't really out there borrowing," said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg.
With bank loan competition still tight, more start-ups and small-business owners are turning to small community banks for cash.
There's also growth in alternative lenders, which use technology-driven data analytics (aka fancy enterprise software) to gauge loan applicants. These lenders are also using nontraditional measures to assess applicants, including payroll and ratings from the Better Business Bureau and Yelp.
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Wednesday's roundtable comments echo the NFIB's most recent, flat reading on Main Street business sentiment.
Small-business owners' confidence fell in March—halting a three-month winning streak, as entrepreneurs still aren't feeling optimistic about business or making substantial hiring plans. The NFIB said April 9 that its small-business optimism index edged down 1.3 points to 89.5 from 90.8 points in February. The group's next monthly reading is due in early May.
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Beyond tight lending conditions, small- and medium-sized businesses have been facing a barrage of challenges—from taxes to anticipated rising health-care costs—that have spooked them from making substantial spending decisions including hiring—a traditional driver of past U.S. economic recoveries.
According to a study released Wednesday on middle-market companies —firms with annual revenues of $10 million to $1 billion—there's an increased willingness to significantly cut back, specifically through both investment and hiring, if business costs and regulation become overly burdensome.
"While the (middle-market) sector continues to outperform both its own expectations and national economic growth rates, the prospect of increased costs related to health care or tax increases could hold back this positive trend," said Anil Makhija, director of National Center for the Middle Market.
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A separate April report from the National Association for Business Economics, or NABE, showed a similar trend: an increase in business activity, but with caveats.
Only 5 percent of those surveyed by the NABE indicated they expect real GDP to expand faster than the economy's long-run growth of 3 percent. Top concerns cited included the state of the global economy, the possibility of further government spending cuts, and a challenging regulatory environment. A first-quarter GDP reading is due Friday.
Sequester Budget Cuts to Hit Main Street
The budget cuts, also known as sequestration, also loom large over Main Street.
Cuts would hit domestic programs that fill every corner of the economy — military spending, aviation and education programs for low-income families. But unlike larger private-sector businesses, smaller employers usually don't have buffers such as large cash reserves to ride out federal budget cuts. Most smaller firms also can't quickly pivot their business strategies to ride out a rough patch. (Read More: Sequestration — CNBC Explains)
To be clear, the budget cuts are likely to have a rolling, accumulated impact on small business. Companies with U.S. government contracts must decide which workers will likely be laid off as funds to keep them on payroll evaporate.
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The decline of the modern-day werewolf should be of concern, since it is largely a metaphor for being Jewish in the 20th century. Consider the modern werewolf narrative: A hairy young outsider becomes saddled with an identity he doesn't want or particularly like, the meaning of which is told to him by an old European lady speaking a lot of mumbo jumbo. He is in love with a blonde girl who loves him back, but their love is doomed. Eventually he gets chased and killed by a bunch of peasants with pitchforks and torches. And, oh, yes, he feasts on human blood, but it's not his fault.
The parallels between Jewish ideas of how non-Jews perceived us and the lifecycle of the werewolf aren't surprising, considering that Jews effectively created the modern werewolf. Given how much has changed for Jews over the past half-century, should we try to save the werewolf or let him wander off into the California sunset? From ancient Greece on, there have been stories of people who willingly or unwillingly became wolves. Yet, most of what you know about werewolves comes from Hollywood. In 1940, a producer at Universal Pictures told Curt Siodmak to write a werewolf picture. Siodmak was a German Jew who had fled his native country in 1933 after hearing a virulently anti-Semitic speech by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda. Several silent films as well as one talkie on the subject had been made between 1913 and 1940, but none had been commercially successful. "The Wolf Man" was wildly so, and quickly became the template for future werewolf tales. Most of the werewolf traits familiar to contemporary readers come from Siodmak's films -- including, most fundamentally, the transformation of the werewolf into not just a sympathetic figure but also the very subject through whose perspective the action is seen. In fact, Siodmak wrote an early draft of the script in which the lead actor was only seen as the Wolf Man through his own perspective, reflected in ponds of water and so forth so that it would never be clear to the audience whether his transformation was real or psychological. Siodmak made the werewolf into the classic existentialist anti-hero. In later years, Siodmak slipped up in at least one interview and said that "The Wolf Man" was set in Germany, although it is in fact set in Wales. Still, Siodmak kept his Jewish references close to the vest.
By contrast, the most explicitly Jewish treatment of the werewolf by Hollywood is John Landis's 1981 film, "An American Werewolf in London." Yet it makes constant reference to Siodmak's wolf man. In "American Werewolf," Jewish American kids David Kessler and Jack Goodman (played respectively by David Naughton and Griffin Dunne) are on a European road trip. While in the moors of Wales, Jack is killed and David becomes the titular beast after surviving the attack. In an interview, Landis said that though he used a less Jewishly evocative setting of Wales for his film (at least for the early scenes), the idea for "American Werewolf" came to him while he was in Czechoslovakia. Indeed, despite the setting, Landis did not shy away from the kinds of parallels to European Jewish history that Siodmak left implicit: While David is in the hospital recovering from his wounds, he has a dream in which he is back at home with his family in America; the doorbell rings, and in come Nazi-clad wolf monsters who murder David's family before his eyes.
What is one to make of the young Jewish man's transformation into a beast identified with the Jew haters of Europe? Landis called the transformation into a werewolf a metaphor for teenage male sexuality. But there is also a quality of adolescent revenge fantasy found in the werewolf tale. In fact, Landis said that fantasies and nightmares of death at the hands of the Nazis were part of his own psychic landscape as a boy growing up in the 1950s. In the fantasy world of the werewolf movie, the Jew, or Jew surrogate, becomes as dangerous and powerful as his tormentors.
Landis wasn't the first to see an allegory for adolescence in the werewolf's transformation. In 1957, Herman Cohen cast a young Michael Landon in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf." In fact, the teenage werewolf is a subspecies until itself with 1985's underappreciated movie "Teen Wolf" and the fabulous Canadian film "Ginger Snaps" as prominent examples.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was the apex of the trend that saw adolescence and monstrosity play off each other. Unfortunately, "Buffy," though marvelous in many ways, shied away from questions of ethnicity. The fictional Sunnydale, Calif., was a multihued but ultimately pareve town, except for the higher-than-average number of supernatural creatures that lived there. And Oz was the kind of Jewish werewolf that Birthright Israel might be aimed at attracting: If his character was meant to be Jewish, it was strictly an accident of birth. His Jewishness seems to have extended only as far as being sensitive, smart and short. He was good looking, a guitar player and un-Jewishly laconic. And being Jewish no longer qualified him as an outsider. Oz would never have had nightmares of anti-Semitic violence. Therein lies his failure as a werewolf: North American Jews of the "Buffy" generation are so comfortable in their skins, they don't need to put on fur. At least not in the presence of non-Jews.
So if the werewolf is no longer a viable metaphor for Jewish life among non-Jews, why should Jews go out of their way to preserve it? Let werewolves join self-help groups where they can learn to be normal members of society, ? la Oz?
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Maybe you have one, and maybe you don't, but we all know what a marking wall is. A marking wall is a place in some houses where, once a year on their child's birthday, they line them up and "mark" how tall they are at that age. My wife and I were talking about how fast our girls seem to be growing up when my youngest walked into the room. "Her back and her legs just seem to be getting longer all of a sudden," my wife said. So, we took our 5 year old who is about half-way to 6, lined her up on the marking wall, and saw that she had literally grown almost as tall as her older sister at 6 years old. At this rate, she'll actually be taller than her older sister was by the time her 6th birthday rolls around.
None of this seems possible. "She has always been so little," I think to myself. Compared to her older sister, she is still little, but according to the marking wall, she is growing . . . and fast. The marking wall greets me as soon as I walk in from work. I actually look for it. There, over the past four years since we've moved in, is a record of how much our children have grown, and a somewhat painful reminder of how small they once were. It reminds me to enjoy them right now, because right now is not going to last very long.
Sometimes, just being kids, they can get on your nerves. It's a part of life. You get in a routine, you're trying to get things done, you're working on a project or an email or some other important piece of progress that is going nowhere, and then they jump into the middle of it all. I've gotten frustrated at them, and so has my wife at times. Our youngest loves to come where you are, if you're sitting, climb up behind you if you're in a chair, climb up on your back and look over your shoulder and then after watching for about 2 seconds say, "What are you doing?" She does this constantly, and one time I remember getting frustrated as I tried to type an email and my swivel chair kept rocking and moving as my daughter tried to find footing to pull herself up.
In the moment of greatest frustration, I suddenly remembered the marking wall. It hit me like a lightning bolt, "The day is coming all too soon when she won't be little enough to climb up the chair." My oldest is already there. At 9 years old, my oldest is half-way out of the house, and will soon be seeking a life outside of this place she has called home. Where did the last 9 years go? So, I look over at my youngest who has her tongue sticking out as she tries to pull her weight up, and I reach out to grab her, and pull her up behind me so she can watch. She quickly climbs up my back to where she can see what I'm doing, and like clockwork, 2 seconds later she says, "What are you doing, Papa?"
I hope I am doing right by them. I hope I am keeping a promise I made to God when they were born. I would hope that I would be known as Abraham was known by God, Genesis 18:19 "For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, . . ."


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Situated in the historical district, this hotel is close to Fornillo, Church of Santa Maria Assunta, and Spiaggia Grande. Local attractions also include Marina Longa of Tordigliano and La Gavitella.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. An Internet point is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This Positano hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a train station pick-up service. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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Da Gabrisa - Overlooking the ocean, this restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
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Even though I am an absolutist with it comes to the right to protest, I couldn't help feeling relieved when a court decided this week that the Occupy camp outside St Paul's Cathedral should sling its hook. For what started life as a middle-class shantytown packed with self-righteous haters of the rich an annoying spectacle, yes, but hardly the end of world has in recent weeks descended into something far more degenerate. Occupy London is now effectively a holding camp for the mentally ill, a space where the psychologically afflicted and deeply troubled can gather to eat, drink and be un-merry. And to have such a makeshift lunatic asylum on the steps of St Paul's is not good for London nor for the inhabitants of the camp, who clearly need somewhere better to go.
On the five occasions I have visited Occupy London, I have noticed a steady decline in the calibre of the campers. To begin with, the inhabitants were mostly young, with red cheeks and purple hair, talking utter rubbish, of course, but not unpleasant to look at. Before long, that contingent seemed to disappear, to be replaced by straggly-haired conspiracy theorists banging on about 7/7 and the chemicals in our food. Now the camp has the distinct whiff of rotting food and decaying socks, and its dwellers are all sad-eyed and pathetic, many of them old, confused, and clearly too fond of booze. "GET TAE F**K!" one of them was shouting, at absolutely no one, the last time I was there.
The Occupy organisers admit that their political project, which both the media and political establishments hailed as brilliant and inspiring when it first appeared, is now full of deeply troubled folk. In a recent press communique they put a call out, not for more protesters, but for mental-health workers. "We have people with alcohol and drug addiction issues, we have people with mental-health problems", they said. "We have more and more of these people and fewer peaceful activists. If you can help with these issues, you're particularly needed." In short, they need mental-health experts to come to the camp and nurse the lost souls who have made it their home. But if it was inappropriate to have a tent-city full of middle-class brats slap bang in the middle of London, it's even more inappropriate to have a kind of open-air mental hospital there, cold and damp and depressing. ...


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it...little word...big show. it - where 50 amazing singers, dancers, and musicians combine their astonishing scope of talents to create Branson's ultimate entertainment experience. From Broadway to country to comedy to patriotic to gospel to rock-n-roll, it is everything you want to see in a Branson show–and more.
From the energy and emotion of huge production number with brilliant lighting and sound to the warmth and charm of the on-stage talent, this is the show with it. The stars of it, including the Hughes Brothers and their families, create a sensational show for everyone, especially the show connoisseur looking for top-of-the-line entertainment with an emotional connection.
Presented January thru October at the Hughes Brothers Theatre.
Tickets: $39; ages 12-17, $15; ages 6-11, $9. VIP seating available in rows 1-6. Add a sit-down, table top dinner with your show.
Visit our website for details, schedules and tickets.
Top Finalists on NBC's "America's Got Talent" and national hit touring show, 3 Redneck Tenors enters its third year in Branson at the Americana Theatre. Written and directed by opera-veteran Matthew Lord with music arranged by award-winning composer Craig Bohmler, 3 Redneck Tenors features a cast of veteran Broadway and opera stars including Matthew Lord, Blake Davidson, Alex Bumpas and Dinny McGuire.
During the show, audiences join Billy Bob, Billy Joe, and Billy Billee as they mix NASCAR with Beethoven, Elvis with Puccini and even kick up a little trailer park dust with Ave Maria Dixie. Audiences travel with our three singing cousins from their modest beginnings in Paris, Texas, all the way to their triumphant concert performance in the second act. It's down home laughs with big city music and great entertainment for the entire family.
In November and December, the show changes to their special holiday performance, 3 Redneck Tenors Christmas SPEC-TAC-YULE-AR! The award-winning holiday show is completely different and features all holiday tunes including classics like "Sleigh Ride," "White Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," "Santa Baby," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," "Blue Christmas," "O Holy Night," "Winter Wonderland," "Jingle Bells," and "Silent Night." Audiences also enjoy holiday spoofs such as "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," and a few other great musical surprises.
Join TV's iconic star Greg from the Brady Bunch in a family friendly full-cast variety show with nonstop 70s hits, comedy and the Totally Awesome Band.
Relive the 70s through music and Barry's personal experiences as he takes you on a nostalgic trip through the grooviest decade.
Presented March through December at the Hughes Brothers Theatre with performances Tuesday and Saturday at 3 p.m..
One of Branson's most unique shows. Vocal impressionist Cody Dooley has been performing in Branson for more than 11 years. Cody sings some of the biggest hits in country music, recreating the voices of such artists as Johnny Cash, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Marty Robbins, and other performers. This show helps you remember the "good ole days," when country music was just that—country.
Accompanied by 36,000 gallons of dancing water and lights, choreographed to the timeless hits you remember, the liquid fireworks bring this show to life like no other. The 45-minute shows includes a 10-minute behind the scenes look at how the fountains work. Presented at Waltzing Waters Theater.
Show times: Mon.-Wed., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 3 p.m.
Experience the romance and magic of Neil Diamond's music. Diamond look-and-sound-alike Keith Allynn unveils the story of Neil Diamond's life through his songs from the 1960s through today, while weaving in his own incredible love story and unexpected career change from a top 10 Elvis tribute artist to Neil Diamond, all for the love of a woman. Come and see the story unfold live, along with the story of Neil Diamond's life, his struggles and triumphs, while enjoying hits such as "Sweet Caroline," "Song Sung Blue," "Hello Again," "Brother Love," "America" and many more. Shows are Tues.-Fri., at 10:30 a.m.; there is a 10 a.m. pre-show. Presented at the Jim Stafford Theatre. Tickets: $34; ages 6-12, $10; ages 5 and younger, free. The box office hotline is available 24 hours per day, by call or text message, at 417-464-8497.
Relive the magic of Patsy Cline's forgotten, yet fabulous songs from yesteryear in this musical tribute, starring Tracy Lynn DeMille.
This is Tracy's 15th season performing in Branson. She has appeared on international television and received nominations for Female Vocalist, Tribute Artist, and Entertainer of the Year in Branson. This production is among the most unique and inspiring one-woman performances. Tracy's personal testimony is sure to warm your heart.
At the Branson Hot Hits Theatre in Historic Downtown Branson, June 5-Dec. 28. Show times: Tuesday-Friday, 5 p.m.
Performance schedule is subject to change without notice.
More than 40 acrobats showcase classic Chinese dance and physical-performance arts. Exotic backdrops, state-of-the-art lighting, and a fast-pace highlight this show.
The revolving line-up of unique acts includes, among other features: the playful lion dance; the dancing dragon; aerial fish ballet; butterfly lovers; pole climbers; diabolo (Chinese Yo-Yo); jar juggling; hoop-diving; daring trapeze; human strength and beauty; and spinning plates.
Presented at the New Shanghai Theatre; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Tickets: $39; ages 13-17, $16; ages 6-12, $10. VIP seating rows 1-8 is also available.
Amazing Pets features exciting acts and tricks from a troupe of skilled dogs and trained housecats. This show stars an amazing troupe of furry creatures who will win your hearts as they perform for your love and laughter.
Many of the animals have been rescued from dog pounds and humane societies across the country. In addition to dogs and cats doing what they like to do, you will see beautiful exotic birds and many magical surprises.
Presented at Grand Country Music Hall.
Single tickets: $17-$33; Family Pass, $70.
Experience break-through entertainment beyond your imagination. Ayo starring Voices of Glory debuts at the Hughes Brothers Theater. While Voices of Glory (Michael, Avery, and Nadia Cole) were in the top five in their America's Got Talent season; today in Ayo, they're in a league of their own.
Ayo (Yoruba for Joy) delivers an epic adventure in sound, light, dance, and joyful emotion, featuring everything from pop to jazz to gospel to soul.
Visit the website for details, schedules and tickets.
The Branson family entertainment phenomenon began in 1959, when the four Mabe brothers, known as the Baldknobbers, began entertaining visitors on the Branson lakefront. Today, the family legacy continues to wow audiences by delivering everything from traditional country to today's No. 1 hits, plus lots of side-splitting comedy.
The second and third generations of the Mabe family carry on the family tradition of performing an all new show each year. Longtime fans and new fans alike appreciate the Baldknobbers family traditions that have made this show popular from generation to generation.
Presented select days, March thru December. Tickets, $45. Past and active U.S. military (with ID or proof of service), free.
This late-night show is co-hosted by Grand Country nuts Jamie Haage (as Jim Dandy) and Mike Patrick. The show features special guest stars from the Branson entertainment industry, including celebrities such as Mickey Gilley and Roy Clark, along with the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow.
Audiences enjoy the voice of Jackie Brown, and the power harmonies of New South; both are regulars on the show.
Branson Country USA is performed at 10:30 p.m. every Friday night, year-round, at Grand Country Music Hall.
For more than a decade, Brule has been blending American Indian sounds and rhythms to create a spectacular performance. The theatre is alive with soul-filling songs, accompanied by choreographed American Indian dance.
The two-hour show offers a truly one-of-a-kind experience in sight, sound and soul; the music is moving; the traditionally-clad dancers are mesmerizing.
Performed at RFD-TV the Theatre.
Buck Trent is a two-time CMA instrumentalist of the year, internationally renowned five-string banjo picker, inventor of the electric banjo and a humorist. During every show, Buck performs on five instruments and keeps his visitors laughing with his down-home humor and mischievous take on life.
From the sensational fiddlin' of Bruce Hoffman to the country dobro of Dean Holman to the yakety-sax of Jonathan Black to the country sounds of Kenny Parrott and female vocalist Katie Lynn, it's toe-tapping fun. As the beat goes on with Drummer Rob Blackwood and Bassist Randy McConnell, powerful pickin' is displayed on mandolins, steel guitars, fiddles and banjos.
Tickets: $30; ages 13-17, $13; younger than 13, free. A family pass is available at the box office.
Buckets N Boards Comedy Percussion Show is a truly unique experience. Matt Levingston and Gareth Sever have handcrafted a hilarious and high-energy show chock-full of precise percussion, ridiculous songs, spectacular tap dancing and inventive instrumentation. Their show is entertaining for the entire family. The unexpected comedy and upbeat personalities will leave you laughing for the rest of your vacation.
Live music featuring Cassandre's world-class voice backed by some of Branson's best singers, dancers and instrumentalists. Enjoy comedy featuring Cassandre's lovable, singing and dancing Aunt Erma.
Hear hits from the 1940s through 1980s, from a variety of genres: country, pop, broadway, and gospel. Cassandra has been named Branson's female entertainer of the year three times and her 10-piece live orchestra has been voted the best band in Branson three times.
The cast also features additional soloists and dancers, dazzling costume changes and a high-energy production. Presented at The Americana Theatre.
November and December feature Cassandre's Christmas Spectacular.
Come Celebrate the 52nd Anniversary of "The Twist" with music icon Chubby Checker! Today, Chubby's repertoire includes decades of high-energy, unforgettable songs and dance hits from his landmark, 1960s-era "The Twist" to his Rock 'n Roll showstoppers of the 1980s and 1990s to his more recent works.
His latest recording, "Knock Down the Walls," brings the musical journey right up to today. Chubby not only performs but demonstrates the famed "Twist" as well as "The Pony," "The Fly," and "The Hucklebuck," the foundations for all modern Rock 'n Roll dance styles.
Saddle up for a fun cowboy meal and show full of comedy and music the family will enjoy. Doors open at 4:15 p.m. with free popcorn and cowboy movies on big screens.
At 5 p.m., we deputize the youngsters and bring a desperate muffin bandit to justice. The performers bring the food right to your table. Supper is followed by our cowboy music and comedy stage show.
The meal includes baked chicken a-la-range, wedged rodeo spuds, secret-recipe baked beans, fresh cornbread muffins and all the fixins. Little wranglers get-a-long little corn-doggie as their meal. Call early for tickets.
This show features original lively music, used with mind-boggling acts from world-class artists who formerly performed with Cirque Du Soleil. The acts include duel strength hand balancing, contortionists, three-man pole climbing, aerial chiffon (with a 20-foot drop), tempo juggling, breakdancing, German wheel and more.
See how the Ring Master and his sidekick, Raven, weave this montage of acts into their very own show. The audience has the chance to meet and interact with a number of characters throughout the performance in an up-close and personal performance setting.
We also feature a show/meal combo ticket. Have a meal anytime between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. in our 1950s style diner. If you want to dine before your 8 p.m. show, please plan to arrive no later than 7 p.m.
Clay Cooper Theatre is home to several great shows such as Clay Cooper's Country Express, Joseph Hall's Elvis Rock N Remember Tribute, Red Hot & Blue, Buckets N Boards, Chris Perondi's Stunt Dog Experience, and Mel Tillis.
Box office is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the season and offices are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the winter months. Please visit our web-site at www.claycoopertheatre.com for more information or call box office for reservations at (877) 317-2604.
This comedy and musical extravaganza features funny guys, country music, and a cast of singers and dancers.
From hilarious, clean comedy to floor-pounding clogging and dancing to today's country hits, this show is a hot ticket.
For an amazing afternoon of fun, the Comedy Jamboree is the place. You will laugh until it hurts.
Presented at Grand Country Music Hall. Showtime is at 3 p.m.
You'll be dancing in the aisles to all your favorites from the groovy 70s. This tribute to the hits of ABBA includes other 70s favorites, such as "YMCA," "In the Navy," "Respect," "Mustang Sally," and many more.
Straight from Las Vegas, this glittering production is proud to call King's Castle Theater home.
Families are treated to a live and up-close experience featuring 32 magnificent horses, a stampede of Buffalo, stunts and special effects. A four-course meal is included, complete with a dessert.
In November and December, Dixie Stampede transforms into a holiday celebration, including Toys Come to Life; a spectacular live Nativity with three kings, camels, and holiday music; and a visit from Santa.
Doug shares not only his talent, but also shares his tremendously talented family. Whatever your taste in music, you will hear it all, and long before you leave the theater, you will know why Doug's show was voted Best Morning Show in Branson six years in a row, why Doug is the seven-time winner Branson's Male Vocalist of the Year.
Not only will you be awed with his voice, but you will also be amazed at his ability on guitar and piano. You'll also see Doug play his world famous ''Mufftar,'' a guitar made out of a 1969 Thunderbird muffler.
Featuring the best of classic country, western swing and gospel music, this show brings to life the music you will never forget. Enjoy all the songs that made you fall in love with country music.
The show stars emcee and singer, Bob Davidson, and "Fiddle Player of the Year," Melody Hart. Perry Edenburn, as Harley Worthit, will keep you in tears.
You will love the variety of dynamic singing, side-splitting comedy, powerful gospel, barn-burning bluegrass and down-home fun. If you don't hear your favorite, the gang will even take a few requests.
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Audiences fall in love with the tight harmonies and dynamic performance of the quartet, New South. Mark, Jason, Jason & Trey sing today's country hits as well as quartet classics from the Oak Ridge Boys to the Eagles. From Country and hand-clapping Gospel, to decades of Rock & Roll favorites, the Grand Jubilee surpasses expectations of any age.
Comedy is abundant. Emcee Jamie Haage (as Jim Dandy) and Mike Patrick keep you absolutely doubled over in laughter. Along with power vocals from Jackie Brown, this show is a bomb with the fuse lit.
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Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Digital Collections
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
One of the by-products of the struggle between communism and
fre edom is a kind of geographic schizophrenia in the Far East. On the
fringes of communist power in Asia one finds a split Korea, a partitioned
V .et Nam and two Chinas. In each case the division is regarded on both
sides as temporary. Mao Tse-tung vows that he will take Formosa and
Chiang Kai-shek reiterates that the nationalists will return to the Asian
mainland. Syngman Rhee grows impatient to join the northern half of
his country to the Republic of Korea and the communists in turn insist
that sooner or later the Korean peninsula will be unified by them. Ho Chih
Minh regards Viet Nam south of the 17th paralell as only temporarily out
of h i s grasp. Ngo Dinh Diem 1s confident that eventually the country
will be reunited under the free government which he now leads in Saigon.
With the possible exception of the Formosa-China split, it is
reasonable to assume that these competitors are correct in regarding
the various divisions as temporary. The partitions have occurred in
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
nations which are contiguous(again
excepting Formos~ and otherwise
quite similar in race, culture, language and outlook. Although Korea,
VietNam and China have been divided several times before in h i story
invariably these centripetal forces have drawn them together again.
American policy at least towards Korea and Viet Nam has
generally supported the concept of unification. It has also been a policy
of negative preference, our principal concern being that these countries
should not be unified by the Chinese communi sts, or those responsive
to them. We have gone to great and expensive lengths to sustain this
preference. To save Korea from communist unification we remobilized
our armed forces, engaged I' large part of them on the distant battle-fields
of that peninsula and have spent billions of dollars to maintain
the Republic under Syngman Rhee. To preserve Formosa from the
same fate we have allocated enormous sums to the Chinese nationalists,
stationed a fleet between the island and the mainland and even threatened
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
to go to war ourselves. In VietNam, we backed the French and non-communist
VietNamese allied with them with billions of dollars in aid. While we
have not actually committed ourselves to war to prevent communist
unficati on~ it was not for want of official voices advocating such a course.
Since the defeat of the French Expeditionary force/ in the great
battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, our policy in VietNam has supported
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not merely anti-communism but Vietnamese who ~edicated to
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unifying VietNam on the basis of full national independence. While e....u ~ ~
our policy has ~ become more pos i tive, our activity in VietNam has
~more modest and so have our words. It is somewhat ironic
therefore that where we are doing the least~~ the
prospects for success are the best. Not only is there a good chance
of realizing the negative objective of preventing the communist
unification of VietNam, there is even the possibility of a positive
advance of freedom.
A key to this anomaly is to be found in the charter of the man "
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
who now heads the free goverrunent of Viet Nam. Te p n• 1 1 • .e ~
leadership 1s a revealing index to the situation in any country. That
is the case, whether haau ehip is regarded primarily as molding the
forces within a sociefo r as giving them expression. There is a
difference in a United Kingdom headed by a Churchill and by an Eden.
A subtle change has taken place in the United States ance leadership
passed to the team in the unfortunate incapacitation of the President.
It is difficult to envision the direction in which India might have
gone in the past quarter century without first a Gandhi and then a
Nehru and in that order.
In some respects, the leadership factor as a molder rather than
an expressor of the social forces in a country is more significant
in Asia than in the West at the present tim~
( The recent shock of independence has left these countries
in a very amorphous state. They are nations turning on a kind of giant
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
potter's wheel. The fingers which shape them before the clay hardens
will have much to do with their ultimate forms.
It is not by accident that elections in many Asian countries are
being conducted with ballots which show the portraits of contesting
candidates side by side. More than a technique of voting .is involved;
there is a certain symbolism. The voter tears the ballot apart,
deposits his preference carefully in the box and casts the other into
the dust.
If Viet Nam has not set in the communist mold as was almost
universally expected a year or so ago, it is due in large part to the
man who heads the free government in the southern half of the country.
A year ago Ngo Dinh Diem was a lonely figure in Saigon. He had beeh
brought back from self-imposed exile abroad to serve as President
when the Communist tide in VietNam wa• at its :::t::' He inherited
a government in chaos, run by a coalition whose only clairn.f.o authority
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
were ~ guns and ~influence with the Ex-Emperor Bao Dai. It
was composed of the gangsters<' and ex-river pirates of the Binh
Xuyen semi-secret organization, the mystical quasi-religious sects
of the countryside known as the Hoa Hao and the Cao Dai and by colonial
::Cwtk!J li hangers-on. The demoralized Vietnamese army was a
separate force, with a chief-of- staff nourishing expectations of
establishing a military -~ m south VietNam. This weird
conglomeration was held grimly together by the French Ministry for
the As so cia ted States and the French Expeditionary Corp sf\ Bno Dai, .
who bore the title of ~hie£ of State served as the instrumentali~l',:~~'~)
orders and edicts from Cannes on the French Rivera.
While the various elements of power alternately vied and
cooperated with each other in the struggle for power in Saigon, the
Communist Viet Minh under Ho Chih Minh strengthened their grip
on the country. The Geneva truce had consigned the northern half
of the country to the Viet Minh and they promptly fastened on it an
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
authori tarian regime modeled after that of Communist China. Below
the 17th parallel, underground Communist cadres and organizers we r e the
real power in tn.uch of the countryside. They were the government even
where officials nominally responsive to Saigon sat in the provincial
and local offices. The people accepted Communist leadership partly in
terror but mostly because there was no real Vietnamese alternative
in Saigon.
In the jungle of <..:olonial decay, co~·ruption and military defeat
which characterized Saigon in 1954, Diem assumed the presidency
with few assets other than his nationalism, his personal incorruptability
and courage and his idealistic determination to create a free Viet Nam.
In addition, he had some cautious support from the American Embassy,
the gratitude of several hundred th ousand poverty- stricken refugees
whom he had insisted upon evacuating from the communist north, and
the sympathy of a few small Vietnamese nationalist organizations.
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Diem found few allies among the French and Vietnamese officials
and military officers who crowded into Saigon in the wake of the defeat
at Dien Bien Phu. The Army leaders ignored his directives and
constantly threatened him with rebellion. When Diem showed his
opposition to corruption the Binh Xuyen tossed warning bombs into
his residence. Colonial hacks, with straight faces, found him 'unpopular''· r
French colons complained of his "stubborness" and "inexperience".
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'i1h:ts e wet e ei~Pl8 t!fta ~ n the authority of the Saigon
government mio~ht be extende4 into the south Vietnamese country side,
the Hoa Hao and Gao Daist sects branished their independent armed
bands at the upstart in Saigon who threatened their rights. The "rights!'
it might be noted were government subsidies and autonomous control of
large areas of the countryside. In these areas the sects had the
unchallenged prstvilege of exploiting the inhabitants in return for
"protection", 'ystical quasi-religious services and anti-communism.
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
~iem constituted a threat to all these special interests
;... the sects"- the
colonial bureaucracy, tA e :a;nb x ... ye.a •aelce k€1 9 and the •• ~
~ r h:usal 1 dt?s allied with Bao Dai. Their reactio~took the form
of subversion of his constructive program by inertia, outright
opposition and conspiracy to bring about his removal. The not very
remote danger of the Viet Minh seemed to concern them far less
than the immediate ~~£ Diem. .,4 ...... _.,l -' ~ ~'-k
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In Saigon, in the fall of 1954, the tea-cup gossip measured ~ ~- • ~
political career, if not his life, in days and even hours .~ D. em
as though it would last forever. Outside the Palace of Independence, ' . A w ~~ .!1.~ r~ 1 ) ~
1\. the clamor of opposition rose. The more ~ ignored it, the more
furious it became.
He was critized abroad for doing nothing and at horne for doing
too much. Actually, he was doing the only thing he could do. He
was manuevering to free himself irom the web of corruption and
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
decadence and the v/' stiges of a 1
• ./ , 8 colonial~ in which he had been
enmeshed from the moment he assumed the Presidency. He was attempting
to separate and dissolve the strands of this web which stretched from Paris
and Cannes to Saigon and into the Vietnamese provinces. He used
his meager resources with great political skill to accomplish this
Actually each core of Diem's opposition in 1954 was a part of
the bankrupt legacy which he inherited when he assumed the Presidency.
Put together, they revealed why half of Ebax VietNam had fallen
to the Communist leader Ho Chih Minh and the balance threatened
despite the presence of a French Expeditionary Force of 300, 000 men
and the lavish expenditures of billions in American aid.
The case of the Vietnamese army was symptomatic of the
whole. This army was trained by the French and equipped and
s q:>ported by the United States. It was initially designed not
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
;p int& lly as an instrumentality of a free Vietnamese Government but as a
supplement to French Expeditionary Corps to assist in holding back the
communist Viet Minh. Despite modern training and copious suppl~it
failed to ~ effectively even in this l imited function. After the fighting
carne to an end, moreover, it became a serious divisive force in south
Viet Narn. When Diem attempted to convert the army into an element
of national strengt~ the chief-of- sta~wlro ::as a V,..etnarnese ~f French
w;' ~ ~ ~··~ ~
citizenship openly defied his orders. He war 99hheiwh ~
""*l:RF als from the French Expeditionary Corps or those issuing
from Bao Dai in Cannes.
When Dicrn•s' stubbornes~ forced the removal of the rebellious
chie£.of-staff last November, the first step was taken in unravelling the
strands of the web which had held him a virtual prisoner in the presidential
Palace. He had in effect shifted the Vietnamese army from an independent
and obstructive position into one subordinate to his government. Had he
not been successful there would have been no opportunity to push a constructi/e
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
program in VietNam. The gulf which already separated the army from the
V etnamese people could only have grown larger. In the end, th~s force would
{ hav~n all prob~b~lityj degenerated into an oppressive war-lordism and by
C pnoeut the eleelieu. ~ P-1 M,.o~'
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Diem has come an incredible distance in less than two years.
He has taken what was a lost cause of freedom in Viet Nam and breathed
new life into it. Until now, the principal challenge which has confronted
him has been to sweet away the accumulated debris of a half-century of
colonial inertia. That challenge has been met with great political skill .
The road ahead for Diem, however, is in some ways more
difficult than the one he has already negotiated . At the present time, he
weilds great personal power 1n south Viet Nam, comparable to that of
Ho Chih Minh in the north. His principal task now is to translate this
power into a people 1 s power . He must lead in the construction of a
free nation almost from the ground up and to do so under the constant
~ pressure of the Viet ~.
The task involves 1n the first instance the development of new
political institutions which will provide adequate channels of representation
from the people to the government. Deposing Bao Dai has cleared the
way for this effort and Diem has indicated that he will act promptly to
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
establish a constitutional government. The old opera house in Saigon
is even now being refitted to house an elected constituent assembly when
it is convened.
He has also shown an awareness of the need to tackle promptly
the vast problems of economic and social reconstruction which exist in
south Viet Nam. These affect primarily the people of the rural areas
who constitute the great bulk of the population. Edicts have already been
promulgated to alleviate the conditions of the farmers and now that the
dissidents have been brought under control, it should be possible to carry
them out with increasing effectiveness.
There is also the need to perfect the armed forces. The "war
of the sects" indicated that there had been a vast improvement in the
morale and leadership of the Army since Diem has been in office. Recent
comments of Gener~ O':~el, head of the United States military
mission at Saigon, also reflect very favorably on the national army. A
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need exi~ts~n Viet Nam7as in most Asian countrie~here men with weapons
have long been associated with oppression to root the army deeply in the
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
These are the principal challenges which confront the Diem
government. There are others, including the development of a whole
new set of attitudes and relationships with respect to foreign nations .
It is
not easy to pass quickly from the bitternes ses engendered by " colonial dependency into new ties based upon national equality and
mutual benefit.
conflict is very
Yet the need to do so in a world of sharp ideological
great~dea\ing with these problems Diem is no longer
alone , He has a growing following among young articulate Vietnamese
and increasing mass support . ~
~so has the assistance of the United States and othe, free
nations. Before the Diem government came to power, American aid was
probably more ineffective in Viet Nam than anywhere else in the world .
It is now a positive asset in the situation. It should be noted, however,
that large-scale aid can be at best only a stop- gap, not only in VietNam
but in any country where it is employed. The efforts of the people them-selves
must ultimately provide the key to genuine freedom . American
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
aid is not a panacea. It is helpful if it stimulates the constructive
energies of the recipients . It can be wasteful and harmful if it serves
to stifle those energies by building unnecessary reliance on this
country. The Vietnamese have not removed their dependency on one
foreign country only to shift it to another.
Jl-- RQSOtgces exJ· st l·p SO.IJ th ~.r,~.~•. _"~1~IJJ ·wul C h can eupp1 y .~..o..m..:..:, b a!J·t
.'X.Q.e..countzyd.a ow in a difficult transition fTom a coloni'al o a fi'"ee
base and assistance from the United States can b£ oi Earticular importan..
at this time provided it is consciously and intelligently designed to put a
1n the long run, the free south is in a better position than th
communist north to unify all of Viet Nam. Its advantag liee;;;nobonly: i
a superiority of resources but in tlie funaamental difference be we n
~edom and totalitarianism . While the north therefore is lik:e1y to come
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
available in Viet Nam which can supply the basis for an independent
national existence if they are effectively utilized. The economy of the
country, however, is now in a difficult transition from a colonial to an
independent base. Assistance from the United States, therefore, can be
of particular importance at this time. It must be designed consciously
and intelligently to help put a strong economic floor under Vietnamese
independence if it is to be useful.
The free south is potentially in a better position than the
communist north to unify VietNam. Its advantage lies not only in a
superiority of resources but in the fact that it is oriented towards
freedom rather than totalitarianism . While the north is likely to come
increasingly under the domination of communist China) the south can
grow steadily more independent. In short, Diem's star is likely to
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remain in the ascendancy and that of Ho Chih Minh MliiCl fade because
the former is following a course which more closely meets the needs
and aspirations of the Vietnamese people.
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 2, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
This likelihood may well explain the sense of urgency which
the communists have exhibited on the question of unifying the country.
It may even lead them to attempt a military coup before it is too late.
If Diem continues to pursue the building of a free nation in south Viet Nam
with the same perceptiveness, courage and sure-handedness which he has
so far displayed, he will be ready for elections on unification when the·
conditions for a free choice exist in Viet Narn . Will the Viet Minh be
willing to accept them at that time? It is doubtful1but if they do, it v;::rti ~
~ be N go Dinh Diem 1 s picture that will go in the ballot box while that of
Ho Chih Minh is cast into the dust .
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Dan Sheehan
In The Burbs
10:40 PM EST, November 22, 2011
I walked into Lisa's Kitchen the other day and Lisa Urffer had me right where she wanted me. I almost hit the ceiling as the invisible waves of Thanksgiving nostalgia bore me aloft and made me crave pie.
I didn't crave pie on the spot, of course. I craved pie at my mother's holiday table 35 years ago. And that was Urffer's plan, see? I couldn't leave there without a pie any more than a fly could leave a spider's web without being eaten.
"Memory foods," she said, stepping out of the kitchen where she and her staff were in the midst of baking umpty-hundred pies for the holiday, some on order and some to stock in the showroom of the bakery at 2576 Cassel Road in Lower Milford Township.
The place is formally called Pappy's Orchard and Lisa's Kitchen. It is two businesses in one: the orchard, where the Urffer family has been growing fruits for generations, and the bakery, where Lisa snares people in her inescapable olfactory maze.
In the showroom, there were pies everywhere — pecan pies, apple pies, peach pies, cherry pies, blueberry pies — and a dozen varieties of breads and rolls and great stacks of whoopie pies (maybe you call them gobs) and racks of wine and baskets of fruit.
"This is the time of year that everybody bakes for the memories," Urffer said. "Where the memory lane will take them."
It took me places: back to childhood, to that stretch of days between Halloween and Christmas when everything in the world seemed lit from inside by a great golden candle.
It took me to my grandmother's pantry in Connecticut, to my aunt's house in North Carolina, to my old friend Charlie's house one Thanksgiving 20 years ago when life looked bleak but the food and the company healed everything.
"Don't leave without the pumpkin-cranberry loaf," a woman told me. She turned out to be Janet Bonekemper, a regular customer who was as enchanted as I was by the way the smell of the place worked on the brain.
"To me it's memories, it's the country," she said. "It's the kind of thing I like my grandson to experience. He's from Florida and this is all very different to him."
I knew what she meant. I always feel sorry at this time of year for people who live in tropical climates and don't know the joy of a warm November hearth as the wind whistles and a chill rain falls — though I'm sure those people feel a great deal sorrier for us when the holidays have passed and the wind is still whistling and the rain has turned to snow.
I met another customer, Richard Sotak, who said he buys raisin bread and white bread and other things from the Urffers but is particularly keen on the shoofly pie.
He knows the family well and mentioned how Lisa and Michael Urffer had raised seven good kids, all of whom have helped run the business.
"Quite a family," he said.
It sounded like it. I bought a pecan pie and drove back to the office in the rain, imagining a Thanksgiving table with a hundred familiar faces around it and plenty to eat for everyone.
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