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Hill spent two years thrashing out Hanta Yo, or what was to become Hanta Yo. According to her collaborator Chunksa Yuha, a full-blooded Sioux, she read over 1200 ethnographies and wrote over 2000 pages. Beginning in 1967 the two translated all 2000 pages into pre-reservation Mahto only to retranslate back into English. They wanted to transmit the style and flavor of the ancient language as much as they wanted to depict the Mahto culture. They succeeded. Not only is Hanta Yo the best researched noyel yet written about an American Indian tribe, but it is also written...
...only has two choices. One, he can start "building" players so well in three years that they can compete with seven-year veterans. Fish is indeed an excellent coach, perhaps the equal of a young Barnaby, but even he couldn't work such miracles. As Reese explains, "Princeton gets pre-packaged players so the guy who is 'made' just doesn't have a chance...
...Steel, believe it is. Giant ore boats now cost $50 million to build, and the industry wants to use them all year for a better return on its money. Year-round navigation also provides a steadier flow of taconite to steel furnaces, eliminating the need for the old, pre-winter stockpiling of ore in Gary and other mill towns. An established, year-round flow would mean that U.S. Steel could permanently cut back on the size of its 26-ship Great Lakes fleet...
...basic lean cars for the 1980s. In the splashiest and costliest auto introduction in history, the company on April 19 will start selling its new compact X cars. Departing from the secrecy that surrounds most new models in Detroit, GM added to the hype by allowing plenty of tantalizing pre-introductory glimpses of these autos. Almost everything in them, from axles to windshields, has been redesigned to save weight and spare gas, and the company has poured $2.5 billion into the project so far. The stubby X car will replace four of GM's existing compact models; it will...
Growing Up in Pre-War Warsaw: Personal Reminiscences--Richard Pipes Jr, Frank B. Professor of History...