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...Little Whorehouse in Texas but known to customers from far beyond tiny La Grange as the Chicken Ranch, the most familiar bordello in the U.S. has been out of business since 1973. But now La Grange (pop. 3,768) is clucking over plans by Houston Contractor Todd Hoffman to erect a museum on the site and hold a "Chicken Fest," featuring big-name entertainers and a barbecue cookoff with a $40,000 first prize. Mayor Charlie Jungmichel has called Hoffman's proposal a "slap in the face to the people of our county. I think our morals are better than...
...project with a woman director. In the process she gives acting lessons to a diligent but amateur Argentine theatrical troupe. At 45, Christie can appear worn, her face sculpted in suffering, yet on her it looks beautiful. And she is still the consummate actress. In her fastidious steps and erect carriage, in the gentle edge of her schoolmistress voice, she embodies all the poise and repression of the imperial Englishwoman abroad...
...Claiming that the University diverted proceeds from secret sales of books to Iran to fund South African internships through a front organization, anti-apartheid activists erect a large book in the center of Harvard Yard...
...prisoner, now 68, no longer looks like even his most recent photograph, which was taken 20 years ago. Still an erect, broad-shouldered six-footer, he is much thinner, though he tells visitors that is because he wants to keep his weight down. His hair is gray, and his once round face has become elongated but is still unlined. A fitness fanatic all his life, Mandela rises at 3:30 each morning and begins the day with a vigorous two-hour workout...
...ordinance was passed as a substitute to a proposal sponsored by five of the nine council members. Under the wording of the originally proposed ordinance it was unclear whether the city manager was mandated to erect the displays...