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...such contrast to the first sluggish response that the idea was revived of automatically bypassing civil authorities in the case of big catastrophes and sending for the soldiers immediately. "Neither the locals nor FEMA has the capacity to deal with a major catastrophe like Andrew," argues Linda Lombard, the Charleston County councilwoman who battled FEMA for relief money after Hugo hit South Carolina in 1989. "A major disaster is a war. And the people who are in that business are the U.S. military. When is the lesson going to be learned...
Over spring break this year, some friends and I went to Charleston, South Carolina. At a farmers' market, we found a booth specializing in spices. After browsing over jars labeled with names like "Satan's Daughter," "Hot Sex" and "Hot Shit Combo," we finally selected "Burn Like Hell." Only a couple of us have used it since. But I've never been sorry; it's the best two bucks I spent during the whole vacation...
...after 7 o'clock at night," recalls Keller. After the auto mechanics left, the pair would hook up the pipes and tubes and tinker into the night. Their coal came courtesy of Keller's brother-in-law Fletcher, who got it from a Union Carbide plant south of Charleston, W. Va., and shipped it up in feed bags to Syracuse on the Greyhound...
...inevitably the anticipation of sampling exotic Southern menus killed the actual experience. The scallop and crab casserole at the Rice Planters in Myrtle Beach was drowned in Old Bay seasoning, the fried alligator was too chewy and scaly at the snooty Poogan's Porch in Charleston, and the meatloaf and mashed potatoes at Wilson's Soul Food in Athens oozed with orange grease...
...denies charges of anti-Semitism, he last week put down a band of Jewish hecklers by telling them, "This rally is of Americans, and by Americans, and for the good old U.S.A., my friends." Says Marcel Bourgoin, 19, who turned out wearing an American-flag tie at a Charleston, S.C., harbor cruise: "He's not afraid to step on people's toes." As Buchanan puts it, "Real men gotta say what they mean and mean what they...