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...mile men's novice race, for riders not registered with the Amateur Bicycle League, was turned to chaos by the rain and resulting slippery roads. The riders completed a control lap safely, but in the first turn at racing speed someone slipped and the resulting pile up reduced the pack of 40 to a pile of 30 scrapped riders and twisted bicycles...
...celebrities-yet-to-be retrace the footsteps of heroes and villains of the past, the traditions and the anecdotes pile up on each other. Take the strange case of Holmes House, which stood near the intersection of Cambridge St. and Mass Ave. In that one building, Benedict Arnold received his commission, Oliver Wendel Holmes was born, and the poem "Old Ironsides" was written. Any pattern is elusive...
...People are so drink-oriented," she adds. "It's the acceptable thing to do. You never go to a party or dinner without drinks." Guidelines that she set for herself-never drink in the morning or before driving-were discarded, and arrests for drunkenness began to pile up. Sent to a detoxification center after one eight-day binge, she sneaked out to a bar, then, at 5 a.m., accepted a ride back from one of the male patrons. He invited her to stop at his apartment for a drink. She had to fend off a rape attempt, suffering...
More and more trees, and then Providence, R.I. A dog sniffs at a pile of garbage by the tracks. The train looks out on a sea of identical brick chimneys. Hood's Milk Factory is followed by the Royal Sales Co. A young man has hesitated all day, but at last he makes up his mind. He walks over to the telephone, picks up the receiver, and dials the number. His throat is dry. As he hears the phone picked up on the other end, he goes over in his mind the exact words he will use in asking...
...award included a gold painted brick, a gold cockroach to "enhance Mr. Rockefeller's personal beetle collection and to remind him of the people who are forced to collect coackroaches," and a pile of fake money. NAM also issued an invitation for Nelson A. Rockefeller, former governor of New York, to speak before it about his grandfather's alleged cruelty to factory strikers...