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Ceaselessly uttered, this hope was endlessly disappointed, but the allure of California never diminished (at least in the eyes of outsiders). Its early 20th century images are full of it, whether in a massive pair of strawberries, ca. 1910, on a railroad flatcar, a view of sublimely twisted eucalypts framing the far sky near Carmel, or in one of Gottardo Piazzoni's classical views that translates the sea pines of his ancestral Italy to the edge of the Pacific...
Ceaselessly uttered, this hope was endlessly disappointed, but the allure of California never diminished (at least in the eyes of outsiders). Its early 20th century images are full of it, whether in a massive pair of strawberries, ca. 1910, on a railroad flatcar, a view of sublimely twisted eucalypts framing the far sky near Carmel, or in one of Gottardo Piazzoni's classical views that translates the sea pines of his ancestral Italy to the edge of the Pacific...
Doubters generally mention money in a disparaging way when the comeback phenomenon is discussed. Certainly there was a Dead Whale on a Flatcar quality when lardy ex-champ Larry Holmes, 41, TKOed unranked opponent Tim ("Doc") Anderson a couple of weeks ago in Florida. Later that night, perhaps to demonstrate unchainable ferocity, Holmes scuffled with fighter Trevor Berbick in a hotel driveway. Cameras running, of course. He got a scrawny $150,000 for the evening and bellyached about...
...Colorado River. Since the bull had promised 30 days in jail and a $2,000 fine if further annoyed, everyone hid, returning well after midnight to catch the train. They succeeded, but with difficulty. Comfortable boxcars are giving way to sealed containerized loads. The riders settled for a chilly flatcar under a heaving truck, leaving Colton amid a terrifying anvil chorus of wheels, cars and couplings stressing and whining. But a neophyte's raw nerves are soon lulled by the classic rhythms of clickety-clack, as he crawls into a warm sleeping bag to enjoy a moonlit panorama of passing...
...being demolished now, sold off by what is left of Hughes' Summa Corp. The Goose, moved by tugboat last fall to a site a quarter mile away, has a temporary home in a circus tent. A reporter enters the tent prepared to see a dead whale on a flatcar...