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...ESKIMOS were allowed to whale without restrictions, the bowhead might well be extinct within a decade or two. Time-whitened bones and Eskimo legends would be the lonely legacy of the 60-foot-long, 20-ton leviathan. And both the whale and the Eskimo would lose in the long run. On the other hand, a complete ban on bowhead whaling would hasten the erosion of a once vital way of life...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Killing Whales For No Apparent Porpoise | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Welles crosses the screen, his foot-long cigar perched between his lips, and booms: "Picasso once said 'Truth is a Lie. A lie,'" he adds, 'which helps to understand reality.'" Take that detractors...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: H for Hype | 1/13/1977 | See Source »

...foot-long area of a corridor was covered with shattered glass and snow, and police on duty had cordoned off the area and the wing facing it in preparation for possible further damage...

Author: By Adam W. Glass and Candace Kaller, S | Title: Science Center Roof Collapses Under Snow | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...bottom of the path down from the highway was the river, 30 feet wide, two to four inches deep, about to slant-drop over an immense 150-foot-long granite rock. And halfway down the rock were my five friends, hand-in-hand, sit-sliding...sploosh. They rode the tidal wave they made in the pearl-pool at the bottom, clambered out as if an ejector seat were pushing them, and toiled back up the path to where I was. Greetings, food, wine, smoke, sun, pine needles, my turn...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Sliding Rock'n'Roll | 7/9/1976 | See Source »

...Formula Ford is a streamlined fiberglass beast, housing a 100-horsepower Ford Cortina engine inside a 13-foot-long frame. Capable of averaging speeds of over 90 mph, it is built to withstand the sharp turns and hills that distinguish the road racing course from the banked ovals of the stock-car loop...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Weekend Racer Aims for the Grand Prix Trail | 5/4/1976 | See Source »

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