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...verify thatHarvard received about half of the money--375pounds. It is widely believed that PresidentNathanial Eaton squandered the rest of John'sgift. Eaton was fired the year after the Collegereceived Harvard's gift; students charged that hebeat them brutally and that his wife served themhasty pudding made with goat droppings...
Concern in other European countries remains high. In France, which has 44 nuclear-power plants, an independent group of scientists, farmers and doctors claim they have found significant levels of radioactive cesium in goat cheese, leeks and other foods. In Britain the Foreign Office is investigating the possibility of bringing international legal action against the Soviets in an effort to recover losses incurred by sheep farmers who were prevented from bringing their animals to slaughter because the sheep had eaten contaminated grass...
Story ideas often lead Jaynes down a circuitous path. "I may go into a town to write about a mean billy goat in someone's yard," he says, "and end up writing about an old goat at town hall." Such reflections come naturally to the Alabama-born Jaynes, who remains very much the Southerner. Yet his patchwork-quilt collection of pieces covers every section of the nation. Among the subjects that have piqued his interest are the loon preservationists in New Hampshire, a restaurant in Barrow, Alaska, that is the only place to find Mexican food in the Arctic Circle...
...could they ever have believed it would work? Both Rachel Samstat (Meryl Streep) and Mark Forman (Jack Nicholson) had been through this marriage stuff before, unsuccessfully. She was a chronic worrywart; he was a legendary sexual goat. "I don't believe in marriage," she said. "Neither do I," he replied. Only one of them was joking. And yet they did have fun. She made him salads at 4 in the morning; he made her laugh with a manic-heroic rendition of Soliloquy from Carousel. He would be, she thought, just the guy to offer sex, schmoozing and comic relief, between...
...earlier trip, at ease among his Iron Curtain allies, Turner visited Soviet Georgia and went climbing and hunting in the distant Caucasus. He shot a mountain goat; its stuffed head is decorating his hotel suite. So far, this is Turner Broadcasting's only tangible trophy. In a unified show of indifference, except for the gala opening ceremony, Muscovites have matched American television audiences, empty seat for measly rating point. Once Turner hoped to make $20 million or $30 million on his inaugural games, but now he expects to lose $10 million or $15 million. "Moscow's just not a great...