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...just in deeply absorbing eclectic influences ranging from Italian hill towns to science-fiction movies, but also in rarely letting one idea overwhelm the rest. And his sensible, good old Americanism, counterbalances his spacier side. On old Route 66 at Albuquerque's southwest edge is the Beach, a Navajo-blanket-pattern ed, neon- emblazoned apartment complex that, despite the glitz, has a strong sense of urbanity, a function of the labyrinth of outdoor stairways and corridors...
...Elizabeth Crowley didn't need a blanket to wrap around her bat, and starting pitcher Lora Rowning's arm was all the heat she needed...
...cloudless sky and a blanket of fresh powder greeted Prince Charles and five companions last week as they set off for an afternoon of skiing at Klosters, Charles' favorite Swiss resort. His wife Diana and their sister-in-law Sarah had returned to the chalet after a morning on the slopes. Though Swiss authorities had issued an avalanche warning for altitudes higher than 5,000 ft., Charles and the group rode the lift to 7,000 ft. As they prepared to schuss off the main trails, a wall of snow broke loose and roared toward the skiers. Charles and three...
...emergence of local TV news and communications satellites help make the new system possible. With local stations picking up each candidate wherever he goes, the blanket network coverage of previous years is redundant. If major news occurs when a network camera is not rolling, the candidate watcher can send in tape from a local affiliate via satellite the same day. "Local stations have become so reliable," says Joseph Angotti, chief of NBC's election coverage, "that we don't feel we need to have a correspondent and crew with the candidate all the time." The network did not assign anyone...
...upon it the revisionary wisdom of age." But his prose betrays a mature intelligence. It is deceptively simple and consistently enchanting. Here is a pilot's view of Santa Barbara: "In the autumn the fogs were frequent, and moved in very quickly, as though the earth were pulling a blanket up to its chin in preparation for a cold night." Thanks to many such moments, Flights of Passage reaches well beyond those who "had been happy in that timeless world of young men." Youth is a universal heritage, as are dreams that the future will hold wonderful adventures. Amid general...