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Comparing News Stories in History

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specifically transportation issues, common themes across a span of over more than 80 years. The headlines from these dates demonstrate the variations in issues like technology, and the changing  views of a nation constantly in a state of progress. The front page of the New York Times on February 3, 1898, for example, spoke of issues related  to the changing transportation systems in New York City, including the proposed creation of underground transportation tunnels, as a process with as many critics as supporters. On January 11,  1934, the political perspective of country had a greater focus on an international level, and the Times reported: "Senate Votes Tax on Liquor Imports for Debt Default." This  story related the governments decision to increase taxes on liquor important for countries who default on debts to the United States. Interestingly, the news stories and front pages  headlines of March 22, 1961 relate a greater concern for international responsibility and the first foreign aid was proposed from the United States. And the August 7, 1981, headlines  for the New York Times presented information about the a major air traffic control strike, that kept as many as 13000 members of the air traffic control union off the  job. Though the headlines from these dates varied significantly in terms of their focus, one element was shared by all of the stories: they demonstrated the link  between issues like technology and transportation and the political developments that surrounded each of the stories on the front page. Understanding the contextual basis for these stories is an  important element in determining how news stories represent change over time. Assessing the link between transportation issues and governmental issues, for example, provides support for this argument. The stories