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There are three hazards to living in North Dakota, the residents there are fond of saying: blizzards, mosquitoes and Robert McCarney. A millionaire Ford auto dealer, McCarney, 65, is the all-time champion referendum holder in the state. He has forced so many laws to be tested at the polls that he has been referred to as "the fourth branch of state government." His current crusade is to stop North Dakota from spending some $18.5 million for new buildings. Boasts he: "Any benefit to the people of this state has come through my efforts, not the legislature...
...years ago were not allowed to compete in the Boston Marathon, have now lowered the sex gap at the marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards to less than half an hour (Derek Clayton holds the male record at 2:08:33, and Chantal Langlace is the female record holder...
...woman show on Broadway. And so it finally happened in a one-night benefit replete with hoops and hoopla and costumes from South Pacific, Gypsy and, of course, Hello, Dolly! Briefly joining the high jinks onstage were the likes of Yul Brynner, Burgess Meredith, Joel Grey and Geoffrey Holder-who kicked up their heels in an all-male chorus line. When it was over, Ethel, 68, sighed, "Fm on Cloud Nine," and Mary. 63, was still savoring the roars of the audience. "It was like we had hit twelve home runs at Yankee Stadium." Naturally there is talk about repeating...
Pong's importance in history has not diminished since that day. For instance, the inventor of the pen, an avid pong player who employed the pen-holder grip, named his new invention after this grip when he realized a pen is held just like a ping pong paddle. More recently ping pong diplomacy has opened the door to improved relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China...
...plunked down $2.5 million for a new, more efficient plant outside Chicago. There, original mufflers and tail pipes from American and foreign cars are redesigned by Midas engineers to find the fewest possible shapes necessary for a good replacement fit. Midas backs up such technical finickiness by requiring franchise holders to attend its own M.I.T. (Muffler Institute of Technology) at Palatine, Ill. The franchise holder also must maintain a large supply of parts. Each Midas shop stocks an inventory of mufflers that will fit all American-make cars of the past ten model years...