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...Kassebaum is the 14th woman Senator Seven were appointed to office. Three were elected to succeed their husbands. Two others, Gladys Pyle and Hazel Able, served only to fill short-term vacancies. Margaret Chase Smith had previously been elected to succeed her late husband in the House...
...story involves a shy visionary rabbit named Fiver whose precognition that real estate developers are about to wreck his warren leads sensible Hazel and tough old Bigwig to organize a group of dissidents and set out for Fiver's dimly perceived paradise, the Watership Down of the title. In time they are aided by a delightfully loony seagull (whose wonderful vocal characterization is supplied by the late Zero Mostel), who acts as scout and air arm in the climactic struggle against the fascist warren of the evil General Woundwort. Along the way there are troubles with the dogs, cats...
...Senior Cyclers, who find new romance on the road. They included the Lapels, Ray, 68, and Hazel, 67, from Vail, Iowa, who took turns tromping a tricycle...
...surprise, the volunteers, "who had sat on their asses most of their lives," coped gracefully with primitive life. Building the communal hut took more than two months. Using ancient tools, the group chopped wood for 72 rafters, fashioned a conical thatched roof and sides out of wattle (interwoven hazel branches) and daub (mud and animal hair). Making a loaf of bread the Celtic way took nearly a day. Fashioning clay storage pots took longer, and the early pottery tended to crack over the fire-until the novices got the hang of their craft. Says Helen Elphick: "We were all very...
Smart little computers provide mental aerobics Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!" The sound of a fire bell, imitated flawlessly and gleefully by a high-pitched human voice, informs the neighborhood that Moppet has conquered Machine. They are well matched: Lizie is small, going on eleven, with brightly lit hazel eyes. The vanquished mechanism is a small desktop computer called Comp IV, new this year at under $40, with flashing red lights...