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...Breaststroke: 1. Dave Sargalski, Syracuse, 55.61; 2. Coll Haddon, Army, 56.85; 3. Jim Lutz, HARVARD, 57.26; 4. Joey Zumpano, HARVARD, 57.29; 12. Jonathan Manson, HARVARD...
Look! Up in the sky! It's . . . uh . . . Muammar Gaddafi? Charles Manson? An Eskimo...
...south as Tucson. Alaskans see the Eskimo logo as an unofficial state symbol, but others are often bewildered by it. Bruce Kennedy, chairman of the parent Alaska Air Group, complains that critics ranging from passengers to Comedian Jay Leno have observed that the Eskimo looks like Gaddafi, Manson, Abraham Lincoln, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash. Tired of such comments, Alaska Airlines has announced tentative plans to put the Eskimo on ice and replace him with a stylized mountain peak...
...linguistic roots, however, we feel the difference on our pulses. The eccentric we generally regard as something of a donny, dotty, harmless type, like the British peer who threw over his Cambridge fellowship in order to live in a bath. The weirdo is an altogether more shadowy figure -- Charles Manson acting out his messianic visions. The eccentric is a distinctive presence; the weirdo something of an absence, who casts no reflection in society's mirror. The eccentric raises a smile; the weirdo leaves a chill...
...Fromme's flight surprised prison officials, particularly since the mild- mannered inmate had turned down an offer for a parole hearing in 1985. "She seemed O.K. to me," said Associate Warden Maureen Atwood. "But she's kind of strange." Authorities speculated that Fromme might have heard unconfirmed rumors that Manson was dying of cancer and become desperate to see her guru...