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This community of 43,000 residents planted its German roots in the cornfields east of St. Louis, Mo., more than a century ago, and today wears its heritage from storefront to storefront: Krupp Florist, Schnuck's Grocery, Dueker Chiropractic. In this tidy community of Moose lodges and brick churches, even the gas stations are nicely landscaped. But look closer, and gambling seems to have sneaked in everywhere--and not just because the riverboat casino of East St. Louis is docked 14 miles away. The gambling rage has also come through the video-poker machines in the local taverns, bowling alleys...
...count. Has to be cut flowers, which my wife bought the first week, saying, "I thought you might forget." So this week (which, as I said, is nearly over), I definitely have to get flowers. But what kind? Guys aren't comfortable buying flowers because the women at the florist wear an expression that says, "You must have done something really disgusting, or you wouldn't be here when it's not Mother's Day." More anxiety; my stomach hurts...
Give 'em while they can smell 'em. --A SIGN IN A FLORIST-SHOP WINDOW During the '70s Ken Babbs and I put out a little homegrown periodical called Spit in the Ocean. The idea was to have a different editor for each issue and let them call the deal. Dr. Timothy Leary had agreed to do an issue from his San Diego prison cell. I guess we expected some kind of bleak, jailhouse blues--but no: Doc writes to inform us that the theme for his issue will be "Communication with Higher Intelligence"--an ambitious aim even from atop...
...John A. Kelley, who first ran the race in 1928 when he was 20 and last ran the race in 1992 when he was 84. In 1935 Kelley, who was then a floral assistant, outdueled toolmaker Pat Dengis, eliciting this response from Dengis: "Would you imagine this, a florist runs 26 miles for a laurel wreath!" Though he received a police escort home to Arlington, Massachusetts, and a telegram from the Governor, Kelley was back at work the next day, preparing Easter lilies at Anderson's Florist Shop. He also won in 1945 at the advanced...
Though they are overwhelmingly white and male, the House freshmen--who include an obstetrician, a florist, an accountant, an insurance agent and a onetime member of Sonny and Cher--can claim to be something different from the usual crop of lawyers. They are the Jacobins in this revolution. After dropping out of college in 1980, Texas Representative Steve Stockman spent a summer homeless on the streets of Fort Worth. Eventually he found shelter with relatives and a job in a steel mill and made his way back to college. In his ear- ly 20s, Tennessee's Zach Wamp struggled back...