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...idea has quickly spread beyond Salt Lake City to about a dozen other cities around the country, from Oregon to Maryland. Each program is run independently. Some target kids with reading troubles; others are open to all comers. The dog handlers may serve as ad hoc tutors or simply lend a sympathetic ear. All the programs are run on the cheap by volunteers from local animal-therapy groups, and it's not unusual for the handlers to dig into their own pockets to buy books, bookmarks and souvenirs for graduates. In every location, says Martin, the dog is "this nonjudgmental...
...only that, oil companies apparently showed an apparent callousness to events that actually resulted in them making a profit. In October 1998, Marathon Oil's internal economic analysis cheered the disruptive and destructive Hurricane Georges ("Nature stepped in to lend a helping hand") and appeared to welcome OPEC's "efforts to rein in output" as helpful to their business, which of course is the same as OPEC's, selling oil. And in 1999, BP Amoco (now BP) actually had a "Midwest, Mid-Continent Strategy" to avoid putting more oil on the market than their profitability could take...
...reader will be delighted by small details like the Light Rail transit line and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Hunt Valley Mall (where one can actually buy paintball gear). Institutions and landmarks like the Baltimore Orioles and the Gunpowder River are not simply bandied about to lend an air of authenticity. Attention to such detail is crucial, as Montgomery uses his familiarity with fisherman’s lingo and military life to good advantage in his characterization of the minor players in the novel...
...hospitals have provided initial funding of $50 million and lend their huge patient bases and banks of genetic information to the endeavor...
...Henley, Stevie Nicks and Lenny Kravitz (the original rock time traveler) lend vocals and classic chops to C'Mon, C'Mon, but the album doesn't lack veracity. Most tracks feel smothered by the lite discipline Crow imagines is required of an instant classic. Soak Up the Sun is another tribute to high spirits, but as with most of the record, good times and good lyrics prove incompatible. The line "It's not having what you want/It's wanting what you've got," belongs in a high school yearbook. Songs such as You're an Original...