Word: oaks
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...spite of his low national profile, Babbitt has begun to stir interest with his impressive record as a two-term Governor and his provocative ideas about national policy and the future of the Democratic Party. "There are two Democratic Parties," Babbitt declared at a hog roast in Red Oak. "One is our national Democratic Party, which has lost four of the last five presidential elections by increasing margins. The other Democratic Party has won 34 of the governorships and control of a majority of the state legislatures and county commissions. One party is failing. The other is a winner...
...Chicago, he won an appointment to Annapolis in 1918. At the Naval Academy, he stuck to his studies, shunned sports and dating, and graduated in the top fifth of his class. After more than 20 years as an electrical engineer, the restless Rickover in 1946 was posted to Oak Ridge, Tenn., where research was under way % on atomic reactors. Rickover believed the Navy could extend its reach and free itself of the need to refuel ships if nuclear power plants could be squeezed into submarines' tiny hulls. Rickover's work eventually spawned not only the first nuclear-powered...
...could drive from here to California on a Dickens," claims Jeanne Sullivan, a librarian in Oak Park, Ill. The point is well taken; the library's copy of David Copperfield is 22 cassettes long. Says Birmingham Photographer Mike Clemmer: "I haven't made any long car trips, but when I do, I'll buy a book on tape. No more lousy radio music or CB chatter for me." Lynn Kirk, a real estate investor from Ojai, Calif., admits, "I am definitely addicted to books on tape. I cannot get into my car without them. There are no commercials...
...deal with a development company that would have guaranteed the site ("political vandalism," in Wanamaker's view), the Trust sued. Late last month the sea of troubles finally ended in an out-of-court settlement and a go-ahead for the re-creation of the round, handcrafted oak theater. All's well that ends well...
...together for anyone who did not fit the first three groups. Leif and Lori--described by a neighbor as "the kind of girl who used to wear jeans, climb fences and carry rocks in her pockets"--were married outdoors on a working ranch in a small grove of oak trees by a creek. Thinking about the troubled farm economy, Rancher John Wilson looked around and said, "It's a happy thing to see all the cars here and not have it be an auction...