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...many legends explaining the origins of the modern Christmas tree, three are the most popular. Some scholars trace the "tannenbaum" back to the fir tree erected by Boniface, the 8th-century English missionary known as the Apostle of Germany, in place of a sacred oak of Odin. Others point to the "paradise" trees of knowledge of good and evil, used as stage props in 15th century German Christmas plays...
...during the McCarthy era) with personal and emotional drama; the New England blizzard outdoors, which highlights the "crucible" heat of passions boiling inside these outwardly contained, black-coated Puritan characters; the deeper cold emanating these days from Washington, making Miller's political preoccupations seem anything but remote; even the oak-panelled Cabot Living Room. They could hardly miss...
Meanwhile, the suffering goes on. The day before Thanksgiving, Albert Fouchia of Southfield lost his job with a rivet supplier for the second time in 18 months. At the unemployment office in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, a dozen long lines of people wait for benefit checks in shamed, disconsolate quiet. Most act too embarrassed to talk even to fellow job seekers. Few seem hopeful of finding work. Says Gloria Condele, 44, a laid off cashier: "Even people who are still working are worried." Roy Gavel, previously laid off as a Chevrolet assembly worker in 1975, got certified...
Although McDonald's, the fast-food giant based in Oak Brook, Ill., boasts that it has sold more than 35 billion hamburgers since its founding in 1955, the chain's fastest-growing offering in recent years has been its breakfast menu, which features eggs and pancakes and accounts for 18% of sales. The firm is also touting McChicken, a fried chicken sandwich that will be on sale in 60% of the chain's 6,500 units by year's end. Rival Burger King is now selling a sandwich-style version of veal parmigiana. And Jack...
Catherine Chatas Royal Oak, Mich...