Word: ark
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Barton Little Rock, Ark...
...young. John Lawrence's Rabbit & Pork: Rhyming Talk (Crowell; $6.95) revives the old cockney custom of jingling euphemisms: "Johnny Homer" to mean corner. By means of fine-lined wood engravings, Lawrence invests each miniverse with whimsy and bite (from "Inky Smudge": Judge, to "Noah's Ark": Park); his pageant of animals educates almost as much as it amuses. Perhaps the most diverting beast of the season is the dragon of Magic in the Mist (Atheneum; $4.95). Margaret Mary Kimmel's happy reptile-illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman-is the best igniter since the match...
Nonetheless, New York's city hall reported sympathetic letters as well as contributions were flowing in from around the country. Wrote Mrs. Jean Fowler of Little Rock, Ark.: "This won't buy more than a few light bulbs, but I like the lady in the harbor that belongs to all of us." Even George Wallace, who has smitten New York more vigorously than any politician alive, said that he would no longer oppose loan guarantees for the city...
Some of the participants slipped out to watch a rerun of an old Star Trek episode. But most of the 350 delegates were more dedicated. After all, what brought them together last week in Fort Smith, Ark., was the world's first "serious" international UFO conference. It was also the first such gathering attended by U.S. official representatives...
Kevin McCormack Fayetteville, Ark...