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Article: Scholar says sexual revolution was born in heartland
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- October 4, 1999
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By MATT MOLINE
Special to The Capital-Journal
LAWRENCE --- As the millennium approaches, the nation's image-
makers continue to present Kansas and her citizens as backward,
unprogressive and just plain irrelevant in the national
consciousness.
In 1985, for example, CBS-TV news commentator Andy Rooney gave
Kansas a permanent black eye by suggesting the Sunflower State be
sold to the highest bidder to pay off the national debt. More
recently, a few natives have joined in the national chorus of
derision, including a legislator who suggested changing Kansas' name
to "The Past" to reflect the state's frequently perceived status as
America's ultimate hinterland rather than heartland.
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