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When bulldozers began clearing ground for a parking lot last November, Hong Kong government engineers expected no obstacles greater than some boulders and a few scruffy trees. They reckoned that the parking site, on a hill atop the tiny border village of Lok Ma Chau, would enable busloads of tourists to view China conveniently from the hill's observation post...
...local diviner, who quickly appraised the situation: the dragon's nose had been cut off by a bulldozer; in revenge, the dragon had put a curse on the whole Man clan, which since the 1200s has made up all of the 3,700 population of Lok Ma Chau and the neighboring village of San Tin. To avert catastrophe, the expert declared, construction of the parking lot must cease immediately...
Stella Dallas, Ma Perkins, John's Other Wife and scores of others were devoted to the most reliable ingredient in theatrical history: domestic crisis. None achieved the longevity of One Man's Family, a series of almost Biblical length; its 3,256th and terminal episode was labeled Chapter 30 of Book 134. Contemporary TV soaps like As the World Turns and The Secret Storm are lineal descendants of the old radio shows. The pauses are still pregnant-but so are the new heroines. And much of the subject matter deserves an R rating. There were no married priests...
...last movement of the Haydn symphony teased the audience with successive crescendos which finally culminated to end the piece, the excitement had risen, and Baker was given a roaring final ovation. The Bach Society's next concert features Yo-Yo Ma as guest soloist. If he can continue the influence on the orchestra that his classmates from Music 180 have forged, it should be a fine concert...
...First Unitarian Church, the Rev. Peter Christiansen passes petitions among his congregation calling for the impeachment of President Nixon. In Kansas City, the United Prayer Movement calls a day of prayer to ask God's help for the country. On Long Island, the Jewish journal Sh 'ma cites Talmudic teaching that "the executive is not above...