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...must have been an incredibly long night in Philadelphia during the Christmas season of 1786. Cherrycoke is given to utterances such as the following: "The Pilgrim, however long or crooked his Road, may keep ever before him the Holy Place he must by his faith seek, as the American Ranger, however indeterminate or unposted his Wilderness, may enjoy, ever at his Back, the Impulse of Duty he must, by his Honor, attend...
Today it is a Boston African American National Historic Site frequented by about three school groups a day, according to Park Ranger, tour guide and Suffolk College Law School student Aaron D. Snipe, who took a break this week to discuss the church's rich history...
...certain kind of discerning television viewer it remains a pop-culture mystery why millions more Americans this season tuned to CBS's lead-armed Walker, Texas Ranger on Saturday nights than to ABC's nuanced romantic drama Relativity. To many TV producers this is not a vexing question, however. Nothing is more dramatic than the conflict between life and death, they will tell you (even if the conflict involves Chuck Norris). Slice-of-life series almost never win the ratings that crime shows pull in, which is why eight of the nine new network dramas premiering this spring feature people...
...people believe themselves cut off from any possible solace and forgiveness. The novella Bear and His Daughter portrays the explosive meeting of two such lost souls: a drunken poet on a reading tour in the Mountain States and his illegitimate daughter, who is now 31 and a park ranger packing a pistol. Her boyfriend, fearing what may come of the father's visit, tells her, "I hope God helps you. You should...
...park's west gate the engine exhaust is so thick that rangers have coated the toll booths with Plexiglas and installed a fresh-air pumping system. "The fumes are horrible," says ranger Seibert. "You shouldn't have to wear earplugs when you come to the park." As the number of snowmobilers and the attendant problems mount, Yellowstone's management is looking at its options, ranging from setting exhaust limits to imposing a snowmobile ban, moves that would bring howls of protest almost as loud as the machines themselves. Sighs park information officer Marsha Karle: "We're trying to control...