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...mountain village of Yole was a bleak place until a giant, broken clipper ship mysteriously appeared in the town's little lake. How it got there and what would happen if the people of Yole rebuilt it are the secrets at the center of the novel Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats, by TIME senior editor Jeffrey Kluger. Author of several other books including the best seller Apollo 13, Kluger is making his first venture into young-adult fiction. Publishers Weekly calls the book "a fully imagined fantasy with a twist of magic...
...votes, while Alsop had 309 and May 302. Foreseeing the end, Wallace withdrew, and on the eighth ballot Alsop was nominated, 337 to May's 317. Puffing contentedly on a black pipe, Alsop dismissed the rift in the party, said: "I'm a pretty good patcher." Exit. The long count pushed the convention into an unscheduled third day to select a candidate to succeed Republican Senator Prescott Bush, 67, who had an nounced only four weeks ago that he did not have the physical strength to seek and serve another term. Immediately...
...Perfect Patcher. A rubber paste that sets in a few hours to long-lasting pliant rubber was put on the market by Devcon Corp. Uses: to calk or waterproof boats, insulate wires, or patch holes in shoe soles. Price: 98? for a 4-oz. tube...
...Pipe Patcher. A repair kit to plug holes in pipes, boilers, etc. was put on sale by Devcon Corp. of Danvers, Mass. Key material is a mixture of 80% steel and 20% plastic which sets under heat in 60 seconds or less. Holes up to ¼ in. in diameter can be repaired without turning off the pressure. A woven-glass-tape bandage is included for laminating a larger opening. Price...
...mere city patcher and prettifier whose chief interest is showy public works but not slum clearance...