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There he is, in the background of paintings, schoolbook illustrations, celebratory films. He's hauling a boat, cradling a rifle, looking on. He is often bare-chested. No one is speaking to him. Frankly, his presence is a little embarrassing. He is York, William Clark's body servant--slavery's version of a valet...
There are some bare patches on the southern slope, and white phlox flowers are already in bloom. Bees are at work on them. The season is short here; by September the snow will start again. The window of survival is very narrow on the Lolo. It nearly slammed shut on Lewis and Clark. We add a few more rocks to the cairns and take our leave...
...Party to the South End in the late nineteenth century. Trade unions staged huge May Day rallies for the Ten Hour Work Day, but the strongest community spirit was the support of South Ender John L. Sullivan, a boxer. The local favorite had pulverized his opponent in the last bare-knuckle heavyweight championship fought in the United States—though the fight lasted 75 rounds...
...connect with players they may have idolized growing up. You hear them talking a lot about modeling their games on legends like Julius Erving. I guess this is another way to pay homage." The trend has meant a big bonus for the company that makes NBA-licensed headbands, For Bare Feet. Company executive Kelly Baugh says its headband sales are up 74% from last year. "It's very urban. The demand started there, and then it branched out to sporting-goods stores and the mainstream market. With the NBA market, that's usually the case." --By Roy B. White
Gomes, originally from Plymouth and the former assistant director of the Man and Woman of the Year Awards, portrayed flamboyant characters in several campus plays. In Troilus and Cressida he, in leather pants and bare chest, dry-humped a slender blond man. He was active in gay social life at Harvard and Boston and has told numerous friends that his uncle was Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, though the two are not relatives...