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...Copeland Reader", which is 800 pages long, will include selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, Browning, Stevenson, Dickens and the Classics, with a varied selection from modern authors, including de la Mare, Barrie, Masefield, Mark Twain and Justice Holmes. In addition to the introduction, at the request of his publishers Professor Copeland will probably write a short interpretative comment to be inserted before each selection...
...concern." The Rotterdam Harbor Authority's chief inspector, Henk ten Hoope, agrees. In a September 1999 inspection, he found "nothing wrong with the ship's structure," he says. "As far as we were concerned, it was perfectly seaworthy." Shipping sources in Athens - base of the Prestige's registered owners, Mare Shipping Inc., and manager, Universe Maritime Ltd. - call the vessel "a good ship," and add that Captain Apostoulos Mangouras is experienced and had a clean record. (He has been detained in Spain for alleged environmental offenses and failure to cooperate with coastal authorities in a timely fashion...
...drop directly from the clouds into the lake's steely waters, as shaggy goats and magnificent horses grazed on the sprawling grasslands. After a look around I was whisked inside by my homestay family, who offered bowl after bowl of kumys, the bitter local tipple made from fermented mare's milk. The yurtstay is not a cushy experience: toilets are outdoor squat-style; there are no showers, and you wash from a bucket. With the nearest telephone several hours away, my days were filled with hiking and horseback riding in edelweiss-speckled meadows. Evenings, by gaslight, consisted largely of food...
...officiating capacity. Conley's subject is Kentucky's exclusive breeding sheds. Because the Jockey Club--which regulates the $34 billion Thoroughbred industry--forbids artificial insemination, Thoroughbreds are made the old-fashioned way. It's a micromanaged, ritualized affair, from the guy (or gal) who lifts up the mare's tail to the fellow who guides the machinery into place. Millions of dollars often depend on the orderly exchange of a few cc of body fluid...
...Players: Donovan McNabb, Marvin Harrison, Donovin Darius, Qadry Ismail, Rob Moore, Rob Burnett, Olindo Mare, Gary Anderson, Kevin Johnson...