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...proposal upset the Bidjara. "We got the s__ts, naturally,'' says traditional landowner Lionel Fraser, of Roma, in western Queensland. "Walshy wouldn't come near me after, because I told him I would punch him in the mouth.'' Walsh says he has hidden the bones in a cave in the Carnarvon Gorge region, about 600 km northwest of Brisbane, and will not reveal its location unless he is satisfied the remains will be properly cared...
...LIONEL HAMPTON'S VIBRAPHONE Originally a drummer, Hampton first experimented with the instrument during a 1930 studio session with Louis Armstrong. This is his custom-made brass model. Estimate...
...haven?t seen the third broadside, ?Celsius 41/11: The Temperature at Which the Brain...Begins to Die,? made by Lionel Chetwynd, a documentarian whose work isn?t exclusively right-wing (one of his films is sympathetic to blacklisted Communist screenwriter Carl Foreman). I did research its box office take...
...industry may have no megahit in 2004, but there are always shortages in the holiday season. This year's: the Polar Express train set by Lionel. The movie hasn't done well, but that doesn't seem to matter to kids who are dreaming of that classic toy. My assignment: to find that train. How difficult could it be, especially in a sea of Nintendo lovers? But two high-end boutiques, five discount behemoths and many blank looks later, anxiety sets...
...drive home and call Lionel, which gives me the names of two catalog companies. Both places are sold out until the new year, although a customer-service manager chirpily tells me that if I'm patient, she will send me a free holiday boxcar with Santa on top to put under the tree. Frantic, I dial hobby shops across the country. Nobody has the train, and some owners share theories why. Although none blame the scarcity on Lionel's recent bankruptcy, two shopkeepers tell me that workers in China, where the sets are made, are getting back...