Word: batons
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Enter Stanton Friedman, a former itinerant nuclear physicist now living in New Brunswick, Canada, who has long been, in his words, "a clear-cut, unambiguous UFOlogist." In 1978, while waiting in a Baton Rouge, La., television station for an interview, Friedman was told that Jesse Marcel, long retired from the Air Force and living nearby, had once handled the wreckage of a UFO. After quizzing Marcel, who still believed the debris he retrieved was extraterrestrial, Friedman reviewed the old stories about Roswell, painstakingly sought out and interviewed other witnesses, and came to a dramatic conclusion: there had been a cover...
...games also need better entertainment. The cheerleaders and dance team are adequate, but the baton girl needs to revamp her routine. She is obviously a very skilled twirler, but no matter how fast she rotates the batons or how high they fly, the routine's just not very entertaining. Perhaps she could light the ends of the batons on fire. Entertainers willing to risk death have been crowd favorites since Roman times when gladiators and unfortunate Christians did battle with lions...
Just as in politics, the air in Washington these days is filled with talk of bi-partisan cooperation, and no one would be surprised to see Domingo, who has thus far largely limited his conducting to opera, waving a baton in front of the National Symphony. Indeed, Slatkin has already agreed to conduct an as yet to be determined opera with Domingo's company next fall. "We will have many collaborations," notes Domingo, "with Leonard coming to the opera and me going to the orchestra. I hope that at the end of the Slatkin-Domingo era, something special has happened...
...trip to Harvard will be the last public address for the 63rd Secretary of State before he passes the baton to Madeleine Albright...
...G.O.P. in 1985 and has earned a reputation as one of the most conservative members of Congress. By Louisiana law, his 69% majority in the open primary clinches his sixth House term. His support for NAFTA and GATT isn't surprising in a district that includes Exxon's Baton Rouge manufacturing complex, home of the nation's second-largest chemical-manufacturing facility...