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...John G. Newton thinks that they may be the result of a natural-or man-induced-lowering of the water table. That would not only remove buoyant support from the subsurface clay above the caverns, but would also cause additional structural damage to the cavern roof by increasing the downward velocity of fresh water seeping into the earth. The eventual result, says Newton, can sometimes be a gargantuan collapse like the one Shelby County's residents call the "December giant...
...gourmets, the news was unsettling. This year, for the first time in history, the Guide Michelin gave its top rating for culinary excellence, three stars, to four additional restaurants. Only twelve establishments in all of France carried three stars last year and the long-term trend has been downward: in 1940 1,200 establishments enjoyed one or more stars v. only 610 today. Has the bible of haute cuisine lost its bite? Not at all, says one of the editors: "We wanted formally to recognize and concretize the new wave in French gastronomy...
Jerk. Patiently, she walks the owners through her routine. First comes an equipment check: a 4-ft. smooth leather leash and a large-link choke collar. She shows the owners how the collar works: a downward jerk on the leash tightens it without choking the dog; release slackens the collar immediately. Next, each dog is paraded into the front of the class to show the owners that simple commands ("Heel," "Sit," "Stay") can be taught in five minutes. Trainer Woodhouse's commands and corrections rumble steadily, and the choke collar comes into play. "Heel!" she commands, slapping her thigh...
...Follies, however, investors were wary, and even Prince had difficulty in raising money for A Little Night Music, an anachronistic, waltz-based show in an age of blaring rock, a civilized comedy of manners in an age of free-form extravaganzas. "They thought either that I was on a downward curve," says Prince, "or that I was into some kind of avantgarde, esoteric theater- and that Night Music would be my undoing...
...every seven job holders to one in only 25 just since World War II-U.S. farmers are still able to produce a harvest out of all proportion to the nation's food needs. Whenever such surpluses hit the market, they obviously caused prices to shoot downward, often to the point of cruel losses to the men who grew the food. To this almost unique problem of enormous overproductivity on the farms, the Government eventually was forced to find a solution. Exactly 40 years ago from this year's spring planting season, Washington began paying many...