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Earth Movers. French Archaeologists place the ancient art work in two distinct periods. The first, Aurignacian, is roughly 25,000 to 30,000 years old, the other, Magdalenian, dates from 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. With the drawings fully authenticated (a thick layer of limy deposit, like candle wax, covers many of them, dismissing the possibility of a modern hoax), the cave is rated as a major archaeological find. Many art historians believe that cave art had magical meaning, purposely put in as cramped a space as possible in a sort of protective return to the womb. Though...
Hill Rise lost the first two races of his career, but since then has rolled up a brilliant string of eight in a row. As the races get longer, Hill Rise seems to get stronger--a distinct asset in the 1 1/4 mile Churchill Downs endurance test. In his longest race to date, the 1 1/3 mile Santa Anita Derby, Hill Rise missed the world record for the distance by only a second...
...outset, Percy rated as a distinct underdog to Secretary of State Charles Carpentier, 67, an old-guard G.O.P. workhorse with powerful party backing. Applying a hard sell to his hard run, Percy labeled himself a "dynamic conservative," pasted together an organization from young and energetic Republicans who had been disenchanted with their party after its poor showing in the 1960 elections. He picked up strong financial support from business friends, set out to cover the state in a bus dubbed the "Chuckwagon" that he filled with his wife, five kids and an eight-piece band. He plugged economic development...
...actors, all of whom were in the off Broadway production, are excellent. There is almost no plot: the film is carried through by the characters the actors create. All are distinct, interesting personalities, warped or beaten or hardened by their addiction: Leach (Warren Finnerty), terrified, somewhat effeminate, tormented by a boil on his neck; Ernie (Garry Goodrow), young, hypersensitive, a frustrated musician who toots pathetically on a mouthpiece because his saxophone is in hock; Solly (Jerome Raphael), crudite, witty, said and wise; and Sam (James Anderson), simple, naive, and humane...
...When we had 1500 applications it worked very nicely," Toepfer explained, but with the larger number "we have the distinct sense that it is very hard to make early judgements." He said that the application rise was raising standards, thus increasing the possibility of filling too many places too soon, and later on having to refuse better-qualified people merely because of their late applications...