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...eminence as the site of a University of Colorado campus and its reputation as a refuge for dropouts, is very much a small town where "all the lawyers are friends," says a retired judge. The Ramseys' legal team is headed by Hal Haddon--and if Hunter is a midsize fish in Colorado Democratic politics, Haddon is a whale. He was a close adviser to former Senator Gary Hart and a strong ally of Governor Roy Romer...
...letters and interviews Lear reconstructs an early life in which Carson had to defer dreams of becoming a scientist in order to help support her family following the failed schemes of an ineffectual father and tragedies that befell hapless siblings. While she toiled as an editor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, she continually and futilely proposed pieces to magazines, ranging from the Atlantic to the Reader's Digest...
...have a different perspective, but as far as much of the rest of the country is concerned, Chapel Hill was too busy truckin' along to grab the brass ring. Scene pioneers Superchunk might shift 30,000 units now instead of 3,000, but in return they have become small fish in a pond where A&R sharks actually say things like "shifting major units."(Yes, Kurt Cobain wrote a song about this. Move along...
...young Japanese and Japanese-American customers sat gobbling up raw fish at one of the mall's two sushi bars Saturday, the atmosphere was riddled with subtle hints of American culture...
...also working with other researchers to develop long-acting local anesthetics from toxins found in some fish, shellfish and algae--the same toxins that cause poisoning victims to feel numb and weak all over. Berde is pursuing the toxins because they work for two or three days and seem free of the side effects of existing drugs, which occasionally cause convulsions or disturbances in heart rhythm...