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...against businessman Jack McMullen in July. McMullen has law and business degrees from Harvard; Tuttle dropped out in the 10th grade. McMullen, a millionaire, spent $475,000, including $227,000 of his own money. Tuttle lives on Social Security and spent $200, mostly for Porta-Potti's at his nickel-a-plate "FredFest" fund raiser. McMullen ran ads and crisscrossed the state. Tuttle sat on his porch nursing his bum knee, venturing out for debates only in the campaign's last week. Tuttle beat McMullen, 24,561 votes...
That, unfortunately, was about as far as Mondale's early screen career went. She went back to Canton, graduated, and returned to L.A. in 1983 -- where the roles didn't exactly come thick and fast. Mondale got walk-on parts in dud movies such as "Nickel Mountain" and "Sunset Limousine," and five lines in the abortive TV series "Matt Houston." A part as an aerobics instructor landed her ads for hosiery and health clubs, but for Mondale life was starting to dry up. "It was scary," she told People magazine. "I didn't like not having work and not having...
...machine from her mother for her seventh birthday. Not lacking in initiative, young Maynard began producing a newspaper and selling it door to door. "It would never occur to me that our neighbors wouldn't be interested to read what I write. Or that I shouldn't charge a nickel for it. Later a dime," Maynard notes. "My mother schools me young to view my writing as valuable. She conveys another lesson too: whatever happens in my life, I can look at it as material...
...though, the Blue Bunny ice-cream truck seems to enjoy safe passage. Every few hours, the old-fashioned white van graced with a goofy baby-blue rabbit comes rolling up playing Pop Goes the Weasel. But the trip is mostly in vain. Kids have long ago learned that a nickel in their pocket is hardly enough to purchase a Popsicle, let alone a toasted-almond...
...Better? Not according to your "meters," which rate the online shopping experience in six categories. You found Net shopping to be clearly better in only two out of the six categories. The one thing the Internet does sell very well is hype. Looks like you were buying. MELANIE NICKEL San Diego...