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...tiered Conn with a full footboard. The first townspeople to show up get to sit on folding chairs from the Methodist and Lutheran churches; the tardy in the audience must make do with the staircase and the floor. After the music the party moves into the kitchen for refreshments, and some heretofore taciturn Montanans refresh themselves into the mistaken belief that they have gifted tonsils, but this is putting the cart before the horse...
...Arlington, Va.). He once even tried his hand at writing a novel about the intrigues of a federal appeals court in the Southwest (it was rejected by several publishers). At times Rehnquist has appeared slightly bored with the insular routine of the high court. Two years ago, to "refresh" himself, he sat as a judge on a two-day jury trial in federal district court in Richmond, a highly unusual move for a sitting Justice...
Wanda: Give her a little credit, Ralph. She's funny, and she has a knack for relaxing all those troubled people out there. She told one couple to go to a motel to refresh their sex life. The woman called back later to report that nothing had happened, and Ruth said, "Well, at least you had a good night's sleep." Her advice is sensible. She tells people to be romantic and realistic too -- sexual appetite waxes and wanes even in the best relationships. Believe it or not, she also advises people to be careful about sharing details of their...
...invented exoticism, the mode of composition in flat planes, but above all the ideal of the untutored eye unobstructed by academic culture, registering the world with the clarity, as the cliche used to run, "of a child or a savage." Rousseau's innocence might have been invented to refresh the culturally burdened. There you are, it declared: late industrialism isn't so bad, it leaves little pockets with elves like me in them. The urban primitive has no style--or rather he has one that consists of absences: no correct drawing, no perspective, no knowledge of art history or cultural...
...have to persuade all of the ten Republicans to stay with him if he is to get a favorable committee vote. Two Republicans, Charles Mathias of Maryland and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, have been among those urging Meese to explain more fully his financial dealings and to try to refresh his memory. "Mr. Meese has some questions to answer," said Specter. Meese, in turn, accused the Democrats of making "false and misleading statements" based on "election-year politics." At the White House, Reagan vowed to support his adviser. Asked if Meese's nomination was in trouble, the President responded...