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...more than a toy; it's a visual mnemonic device to help voters remember who the politician is and what he stands for. Match the politician with the prop that has become indispensable to him on the stump, and win the $500 government-issued hammer Al Gore used to lug around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...blase approach of the administration toward sophomore move-in is epitomized in the ridiculous plight of Pforzheimer sophomores, who had to lug their stored belongings--futons, 'fridges and all--from the basement of Hollis to the Quad by handtruck...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Moving In Is Hair-Raising | 9/17/1996 | See Source »

...Peterson had developed during his somewhat dreamy and, in the view of his no-nonsense father, lackadaisical childhood in Jamestown, New York: looking at birds and painting pictures. Since he lacked any formal ornithological training, Peterson brought to his project a refreshing dose of common sense. People could not lug folios of Audubon reproductions to where the birds were; Peterson made his guide pocket-size. He also devised what remains the easiest-to-use method of bird identification. "I grouped birds that look alike and therefore might be mistaken for each other, instead of grouping them by species," he remembered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROGER TORY PETERSON: 1908-1996: THE BIRDMAN OF AMERICA | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

Literature and Arts C-20, "The Hero of Irish Myth and Saga," is where to go for all the juicy details about the lives of Lug, Medb, Cu Chulainn and the rest of the kings, queens, conquerors and gods in the Celtic oral tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Irish Mythology Thrills Lit. and Arts Students | 2/4/1996 | See Source »

Parallel to the explosion of the group's reputation has been the exponential growth of "stuff" which they lug around in trailers, necessary to the production of the show. This multiplicity of "stuff" is in sharp contrast to the earliest days of the group, when Goldman and Wink completely streamlined their belongings. "One day we just threw everything out of our apartment.... Every book, every piece of furniture, everything hanging on the walls, everything because we needed to create this vacuum, clean canvas, have this space so that we could create in it. And that was in some regards...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: CECI N'EST PAS UNE PIPE | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

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