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...often takes some probing to bring the anxieties up. In Texas, where Republican Senator John Tower and Democrat Ralph Yarborough were both touring, Houstonians seemed lore interested in the conditions of their drought-seared lawns than in the fate of the Middle East. In Amarillo, at the opposite end of the state, people were fretting over the closedown of a SAC base, not because the move involves any highfalutin' global implications but because it will cost the community $30 million a year in local income...
...century managed to ply their watery routes of conquest and commerce, navigating by stars at night and by sun during the day. No matter what the weather, according to ancient Scandinavian sagas, the sun could al ways be located with the aid of magical "sun stones." Summarizing sunstone lore in a recent article in the archaeology magazine Skalk, Danish Archaeologist Thorkild Ramskou lamented that none of the sagas clearly describe the sun stone. "But there seems to be a possibility," he wrote, "that it was an instrument which in clouded weather could show where...
...sung, small-scale version conducted by Colin Davis, who scrupulously observed the spirit of baroque musical convention. Nevertheless, this newest entry is even more faithful to the composer and serves as a good introduction to the sensitive baton of Charles Mackerass, an Australian-trained conductor steeped in 18th century lore. His soloists (including Janet Baker and Elizabeth Harwood) do not equal those of the Davis recording; but this is a wonderfully stirring performance, astringent with a heavy complement of woodwinds as in Handel's day and jubilant rather than reverent...
Despite the accumulated lore, UHS has only been sued once in the last 15 years. A medical school student sued the University because he lost his eyesight when doctors were trying to save his life from a serious infection. The case was settled out of court...
...Deer Toter, a stretcher ingeniously rigged to a bicycle wheel, was described as a contrivance on which "your deer looks so much better than when dragged over the ground." The catalogue also promoted Bean's two highly successful books. One of them, Hunting, Fishing and Camping, a slender, lore-packed manual, sold 150,000 copies, contains duplicate chapters so woodsbound readers can clip parts out, still leave the tome intact. The other, a rambling, disjointed autobiography, is entitled simply My Story...