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With such a large period to cover and only 350-odd pages in which to do it, Gonick pulls off a spectacular feat by making history both readable and meaningful. The cartoon medium is uniquely suited to describing the essential facts of history and conveying a sense of everyday life in the ancient world. Because he can show us how people dressed, cut their hair, furnished their homes and conducted their religious ceremonies, Gonick can concentrate on using his text for historical or scientific narrative and explanation...
...station broke its own record for the length of an orgy, by playing all of Mozart's works in chronological order, a feat which took 204 hours...
...little wonder that Nester advises the curious to try the feat for themselves...
Last week's 24 completion-game in Brown's 34-7 loss to Cornell was good enough to give Lenkaitis a share of the Brown record for most completions in a game. His name goes down alongside that of... soda can number one, who accomplished the same feat against Princeton...
...earned respectful -- but qualified -- reviews from car critics, who praise its crisp handling, handsome interior design and solid workmanship. "A major step forward for General Motors," said Road & Track, while Motor Trend lauded the sports coupe as "a remarkable feat for the home team . . . something to be proud of." Even so, some critics complained about excessive wind noise and the raucous sound of Saturn's engine at high r.p.m., which Car and Driver described as "a chorus of Osterizers." Other critics found Saturn's styling to be too similar to other GM models...