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Gilroy, Calif., is the garlic center of the globe. Waterbury, Conn., boasts that it is the Brass Capital of the World. But, in truth, Harvard students don t care much about anything besides themselves. No problem. Meet Folcraft, Pa., the sleepy Philadelphia suburb that proudly proclaims itself >=Home of the Blue Book,=We [representatives from the paper company] bowled in this league and this guy asked us if we made blue books. He brought one in and showed us.=Home of the Blue Book.=We make aem. That s why we re the home.=no downlines,<= on which pink margin...
MINNEAPOLIS--National champions. It has a nice ring to it. And so does the AWCHA trophy, if you can manage to break through the glass trophy case at Bright Hockey Center and beat the shiny new hardware like a brass drum...
...only does Boston host the country's oldest military post--it's got the world's oldest warship as well. A hundred and seventy-five feet long, with copper and brass work done by the Paul Revere, the USS Constitution is actually still under U.S. naval commission. But anyone can tour it for free, with uniformed sailors who can answer questions. They even fire off the ship's 42 guns twice a day, at 8 a.m. and sunset. Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown. (617) 242-5670. T-stop: Haymarket (then take the No. 92 or 93 bus to the Navy Yard...
...group with three Jewish and three Gentile members trying to stand tall and cool under the Nazi boot. The Comedian Harmonists had some friends in high places, including Gauleiter Julius Streicher. At one concert a punk in the balcony shouted venom about the dirty Jews, but the Nazi brass in the front rows stood and cheered the group until the punk shut...
...PLEASE Its employees dress in camouflage, but you don't usually think of the U.S. Army as being green. Not until last week, that is, when top brass announced the arrival of an environmentally friendly bullet. It has all the wallop you've come to expect from regular ammo but 100% less lead. Set to be standard issue by 2003, this copper-jacketed killer contains a tungsten core that won't contaminate the water and soil around firing ranges. That way you can leave an unspoiled world for the children of the guy you've just wasted...