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...pickup truck traveling on an Alabama highway at high speed went round a curve, spun out of control, and turned over into a ditch. The driver, Kenneth R. Barton, lay helpless, bleeding from an artery. State Trooper Kenyon M. Lassiter happened by in his patrol car and quickly applied a tourniquet. He eventually got Barton safely to a hospital, and was credited with saving his life...
...three-cornered battle, Yale's Josh Chodosh won the hammer throw with a personal record of 164 ft. 3 in., freshman Barton Smith took the triple jump with a 46-ft. leap, and Ashenfelter and Schlessinger finished first in their races...
...major reason for this is that the purpose of a presidential library is to display the history of an era, not only for scholars, but, more importantly, for all Americans. Barton-Aschmann Associates, consultants for the library corporation, estimated in 1965 that the library would draw two million visitors per year. They have since revised their estimates to 700,000 per year after the novelty has worn...
...leather love seats, divans and marble tables are conveniently placed, and for entertainment, Sony videotape monitors and a Thomas electric organ are available. In the gourmet galley, the chef can whip up virtually any dish from terrine of duck to soul food-served with Waterford crystal, Reed and Barton silver and gilded Noritake china...
...crack about Shakespeare criticism goes "if we wish to see the force of human genius, we should study Shakespeare; if we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators" and the Riverside essays do little to change this state of affairs. Anne Barton's introductions to the comedies are fair-minded but not very exciting. Herschel Baker's pieces are eloquent though they concentrate on literary influence rather than discussion of character. The essays by Frank Kermode bear all the marks of a penetrating intelligence hamstrung by external restrictions. This sense of containment is clearest...