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...great new Anglican cathedral. As Murphy grew up, so did the cathedral, with stone upon hand-dressed stone rising on a rocky eminence overlooking the Mersey River. Then, 44 years ago, Murphy himself joined the work force on the vast new church. In the decades since, with hammer, chisel and mallet, he has carved more than 100 heraldic shields, ornaments, pinnacles and corbels to decorate the cathedral inside and out; his last accomplishment is the royal coat of arms, 5 ft. by 5 ft., over the west doorway-a task that took him nine months. He also enjoyed a privilege...
...Senator's 12-year record," says a close advisor to Brooke. "We are running on what he is and what he has done." The Tsongas camp, most noticeably its candidate, has never strayed from talking about the issues. Tsongas quotes details, at embarrassing length, always returning to hammer home his issue stands. If it weren't for the private life issue, this election might well have been written off as boring in Massachusetts. Voters, the polls show, see no substantive differences in issue stands between the two candidates...
...same tune, Wilkinson worked to maintain a spirit of unity and optimism on a losing team. He is succeeding. The Cardinals have come to admire Wilkinson's brand of quiet intensity. Says Offensive Tackle Dan Dierdorf, the team's leader: "He's like a hammer covered with velvet-he leaves no abrasions, but he gets the job done...
...Soochow Hotel, the masterpiece of the meal is Beggar's Chicken, fit for a millionaire. The bird is wrapped in lotus leaves, encased in clay and baked for four hours. The very special guest is allowed to break open the potterized poultry with a golden hammer. In Kweilin's Li River Hotel, the aesthetic highlight is a bowl of bouillon on which float three yellow-eyed ducklings made of egg white. The culinary triumph is a sweet-and-sour fresh-water mandarin fish, confected with ham, onion, potato, sausage, mushroom and ginger. It is sculptured to resemble...
...Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, while the Egyptian delegation will be led by Lieut. General Kamal Hassan Ali, Sadat's newly appointed Defense Minister. Meeting at Blair House, across the street from the White House, the participants will divide into working groups to hammer out military and diplomatic procedures...