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...Neal Peirce and Jerry Hagstrom's Bunyanesque effort to package the long-and shortcomings of each state in one readable volume. Peirce, a syndicated columnist, and Hagstrom, both editors of the Government affairs weekly National Journal, offer a mint of trivia: the country's longest front porch is at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich.; Georgia leads in poultry production; Louisiana is first in frogs' legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A World of Diversity in the Unity | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...clock Friday morning I'm on the porch in the landlord's burgundy robe, smiling at a tall woman who has clear blue eyes and slightly curly light brown hair--She looks like an athlete. She might be thirty-five. Her fingernails are glistening and perfect in the morning light "I'm a friend of Elliot's Tina Graham--he didn't mention...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Fear and Loathing in Suburbia | 7/19/1983 | See Source »

...capitol, which brazenly flew a Confederate flag, to prevent the marchers from delivering a petition protesting voting discrimination. Back in Montgomery last week, Jackson was welcomed graciously by Wallace, who served him pecan rolls on a silver tray and iced tea in a silver pitcher on the sun porch of the Governor's mansion. The next day Jackson was given another cordial reception when he became the first black since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama legislature. Says State Representative Alvin Holmes, one of 16 blacks in the 140-member legislature: "Political power talks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Protest to Politics | 6/6/1983 | See Source »

...office, protestors stood in the rain for more than an hour talking with Moses, who stood on the building's porch...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: Minority Protest Spills Into Second Day | 5/4/1983 | See Source »

...effect of making the human head a kind of residence. It gives the brain a dome and porch roof, and a strange little portable sense of place. It is a wonderful spot to look out from under, a sort of individual estate. A man feels at home in a hat, established. But wearing a hat is also like having the FBI set you up with a new identity in a different city. It can change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: In Praise of Serious Hats | 4/25/1983 | See Source »

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