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...extension offices throughout the U.S., some of which offer a high degree of personal attention: the office in Georgia's Douglas County, for example, serves only 17 farmers. Tom Clonts, one of the two agricultural agents who staff the federal office, gives free advice on everything from building a barn to canning peaches to controlling pond slime. The cost to the government of operating the extension office, which is largely supported by Georgia state and local taxes, is about $85,000 a year...
Richard Riordan has never met Ross Perot. His New York-edged voice sounds nothing like a Texas drawl. And where he resides, among the mansions of Brentwood, they think "clean out the barn" must be a line from a Beverly Hillbillies rerun. Still, when a deft Los Angeles Times cartoonist drew him with jug ears and labeled him "H. Ross Riordan," the subject of the caricature recalls with a smile, he was not only amused but flattered: "I felt I'd arrived...
...much history in the old barn on Cause-way street--just look at the banners on the ceiling. No less than 16 Celtic NBA Championships, five Bruin Stanley Cups, and 21 retired jersey numbers (with the recent inclusion of Larry Legend) immortalized in cloth above...
Baker says that the turkeys became more reluctant to enter the barn used for slaughtering after the first day's victims failed to return. "I think they knew," she says...
...each vying for the label of most humble candidate. After Quayle pointed out that Gore went to fancy schools, Gore one-upped him: "While he is preparing for the debates in the center of the Federal Government, inside the Beltway, I'm going to do my preps in a barn." Gore's aides tend to run around in polo shirts and jeans. On Air Force Two, Quayle's aides are often seen in stocking feet...