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...general Anabaptist rejection of worldly frills and pleasures, but who have a special distinction of their own-a strict devotion to communal living that has endured with little change for more than four centuries. The Hutterites now number 22,000 and live in agricultural colonies mainly in the Northwestern and North Central U.S. and on the prairies of Canada. They are growing. When last measured in the 1950s, the Hutterites' median family size was an astonishing 10.4 children...
That look may eventually lead to the pros, for Parseghian's record is impressive. His 94-victory total after eleven years at Notre Dame is second only to the 105 amassed by the legendary Knute Rockne. His career winning percentage at Miami of Ohio, Northwestern and Notre Dame is a glittering .745. But Ara says it will be a while before he's ready to try again. He plans to spend more time with his wife Katie, and devote greater attention to his insurance business and volunteer work with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (His daughter Karan suffers...
Fort McClellan is a very large and convoluted place. The installation covers 46,374 acres in northwestern Alabama, and is home for over 6000 people. In nearby Anniston, Alabama, the streets are arranged in a convenient grillwork pattern, and numbered accordingly. But the military in this instance is less regular than its civilian neighbors. Every street merges into a tangle of other streets. Each building resembles the next; there are no outstanding landmarks to help the visitor find his or her way around the post. A post information officer could be a valuable assistant to a confused reporter, supplying road...
...going up further. Short-term rates may drop a bit if the Federal Reserve really does ease monetary policy, but long-term rates, such as those on bonds, are likely to stay up until the investors who buy them can be convinced that inflation is abating. Last week, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. sold $150 million in bonds at 10.14%, a record for any unit...
...Northwestern's Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Ill., and Minnesota Viking Defensive Tackle Alan Page was working up a heavy sweat. Page, however, was not practicing his pass rush. Dressed in a T shut stamped with the message NO FREEDOM, NO FOOTBALL, he was marching in a picket line. With ten other National Football League veterans Page had exchanged shoulder pads for placards in a successful effort to persuade the College All-Stars not to prepare for their scheduled game with the Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins later this month...