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...less on the quality of the food than on the galactic beauty of the scene outside. Vinson and his wife Lois are on their way home to Memphis the long, old-fashioned way: across the Rockies to Chicago, then south on the City of New Orleans. Every inch, every jolt, every valley is familiar to him and much loved, for when he retired with a gold watch last August, Woody had worked the trains for 51 years...
Tuesday, 8--The newly rejuvenated presidential candidacies of Gray Hart and Bob Dole receive an additional jolt of energy from their stunning victories in today's Super Tuesday primaries. "I'm a sarcastic guy, so I better not comment." Dole said...
...however, is counting the U.S. out in the innovation derby. If anything, the Japanese challenge has created a competition that should jolt the U.S. out of its complacency. The beneficiaries of this continuing battle for technological supremacy will be consumers worldwide...
Using the sky as a focal point for education is the brainchild of a retired Boston newscaster, Jack Borden. Ten years ago, while hiking, Borden gazed up and felt the jolt of an epiphany. "I had never really noticed the sky before," he recalls, "and its beauty, majesty and fragility just overpowered me." Expose children to this great expanse, he reasoned, and you have a thematic catalyst that spans the three Rs, encompasses the arts and sciences and engages the mind in a voyage of self-discovery. Borden, now 59, decided to take his inspiration to local schools...
Dukakis was the best-organized Democratic candidate in Minnesota and spent the most money. His supporters recognized that anything less than a victory in Minnesota would jolt his effort to prove he could win outside the Northeast...