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Judging from the number of pelts popping out of limos, a number of fur-bearing species might be in trouble...
Airborne again and on their way to Frankfurt, the Americans were given fur-trimmed parkas to replace their skimpy jackets and raincoats. The mood grew more festive as more bottles were opened to celebrate the Americans' return to U.S. sovereignty, made tangible by the comfort of the military planes. The men hugged each other; the two women were both hugged and kissed. As they passed over France, air controllers radioed: "Welcome to French airspace. We praise the Lord for your return...
...sound. He has written and sung some of the smoothest and best contemporary pop, yet he remains a performer in search of a tradition, a megabucks pilgrim looking for roots he never had and a place in which to settle. Rock really is not his neighborhood; his fur-lined melodies and forthright sentimentality make him stand out among rockers like a Coupe de Ville at a demolition derby. Diamond has been a smash act in Las Vegas, but he is neither as smooth as Sinatra, as cloying as Wayne Newton nor as annoying as Steve Lawrence...
...vacant top job in the Chicago school system. He turned it down. No wonder. The nation's third largest school system, with 458,000 students, is racked by money problems. It will close ten schools this month, and a third of the extracurricular programs have been canceled. Unless fur ther budget cuts are made, the system faces a projected $46 million deficit. Convinced that no outsider could cope with Chicago politics, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, along with the five black members of the city's eleven-member school board, pressed for the appointment of Chicago's veteran...
Besides, the Vatican faces many deep differences with Catholics in The Neth erlands and would like to avoid any fur ther squabble...