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...around page 500 of this novel about Sir Walter Raleigh's last years, the reader is fending off the fine words with his free hand and shouting "Enough!" And yet ... and yet ... (as Novelist Garrett, whose prose is measled with portentous dots, might write) the gaudy style is grounded in intelligence, and it fits the character and the times. Raleigh, the last Elizabethan, had swagger and intelligence in excess. That being so, it was wise of the author to be liberal; excess carefully spooned would be absurd...
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...part, North Carolina has reacted with revolutionary aplomb. The legislature in Raleigh resolved that "immediate steps should be taken for the actual defense of North Carolina's borders with Georgia, including measures to mobilize the North Carolina highway patrol, North Carolina National Guard and, if necessary as a last resort, build fortifications on the present border...
Foreign producers are also unprepared for the demand. Major foreign bicycle names-notably England's Raleigh, France's Peugeot and Japan's diplomatically named American Eagle-account for one-third of the bikes sold in the U.S. Under pressure from Washington, American Eagle has been setting limits to its annual sales increases. Both the domestic and foreign companies are also struggling with a worldwide shortage of parts. Most bike hand brakes and gears are produced overseas, and until the manufacturers catch up with back orders there will be a brake on further expansion. Schwinn, for example...