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...mostly-Mather audience listened obediently to Carlhian’s extensive and entertaining justification of his own design features. “There is a reason for everything,” he said. Carlhian revealed that the chairs in the dining hall had to be both large enough for heavy football players and unbreakable so as to withstand tipping over when the “clumsy guys” stood up—a test of sturdiness that the architect demonstrated for his audience. In the suites, bathrooms were placed so that “a man should be able...
...still resists a state income tax. "This turned from an election spotlighted on education to one focused on pocketbook issues," says Susan MacManus, a leading Florida political analyst at the University of South Florida in Tampa. While the chief voter concern was schools, she notes, Floridians were willing to entertain the notion of change. "But when they suddenly start thinking about all the economic uncertainty we're living under now, then change of leadership is a lot less appealing." Florida GOP Chairman Al Cardenas concurred: "People in Florida realized at the end of the day that Jeb Bush has their...
...Folk tales are so wonderful because they really bridge cultures; they instruct as well as entertain. From the furthest corner of the globe, everything is accessible,” pronounces LaTeef...
...good King, up from 41% after she died. Even the Other Woman, Camilla Parker Bowles - Diana dubbed her the "Rottweiler" - appears routinely at Charles' side. Burrell profited mildly from his post-Diana fame by giving lectures about royalty on the QE2 and writing a book on how to entertain, but unlike so many other royal retainers, he never cashed in with a tell-all memoir. He left a tantalizing hint in his police statement that he might disgorge Diana's secrets in his own defense: "I wish to emphasize I did not wish to break confidentiality. I now may have...
...continued to entertain the audience through the 20 minutes of questions following his lecture...