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Thanks to some slick parliamentary maneuvering and old-fashioned political horse trading, two hotly debated pieces of social legislation came to the end of a long legislative haul last week virtually intact...
...after these oysters requires a bold spirit and a sturdy body. Most of the Chesapeake's watermen, heirs to three centuries of tradition, harvest the bay's oysters by time-honored methods. Some scrape them off the bottom with dredges towed behind graceful, sail-driven skipjacks. Some haul them up with mechanical dredges. Many pluck them off the bottom with unwieldy 18-ft.-long tongs...
...pair. Their scales and scotch-tape dispensers are smashed, and they are demoted to forever sorting mail without zip codes in the Dead Letter Office. The wretches fall to their knees and beg for lenience, but their judges are firm, and a squad of uniformed mail-carriers come to haul the miscreants away. Cruel, perhaps, but necessary: that's the way the cookie crumbles...
...1970s vans were the rage. Thousands of small businesses bought them to haul supplies and make deliveries. A new breed of nomads outlined them with beds, bars, and stereos, making them into miniature mobile homes. Because vans burn a lot of gas, sales fell by about 60% after the cost of oil surged in 1979, but they are rising again now that the prices at the pump are falling.A major selling point for the Voyager/Caravan will be the 39 m.p.g. it gets on the highway, compared with 25 m.p.g. for a standard...
...white truck bearing a "Pat's Towing Company" sign has pulled to a stop in front of the steps. The driver steps out and begins preparing to haul away the bright red bus--and the only hopes of a safe journey home for the seven would be passengers...