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...which she and her husband William used modern statistical methods of linguistic analysis to dispute the theory that Sir Francis Bacon was the secret author of Shakespeare's plays; of arteriosclerosis; in Plainfield, N.J. Learning code-breaking during World War I at the U.S. Government's Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva, Ill., Friedman served as an expert witness in such trials as the so-called Doll Woman Case of 1944, in which an antique doll dealer in New York City was convicted of spying for Japan...
...possibility of another natural disaster. A 200-ft. wall of mud and ash from the volcano prevented the waters of Spirit Lake from flowing into the Toutle River. Local officials feared at first that the dam might suddenly give way, sending backed-up water and mud flooding through the riverbank towns of Longview, Kelso and Castle Rock, menacing the lives of 50,000 people. By the weekend, however, water was slowly seeping through the mud-and-ash plug, and pressure on the dam had eased...
...with her security agent, and picked out Mary Had a Little Lamb on the Delta Queen's calliope. Amy has developed into something of a campaigner; at some stops she worked her own sections of the crowd. One night, when Carter was speaking from the boat to a riverbank audience, several young boys standing knee-deep in the water shouted, "Let Amy talk...
...some 15,000 descended on North Creek, an outpost in the Adirondacks that welcomed the attention and the money. There was free camping for all comers, and budget-priced breakfasts cooked by the Boy Scouts, roast-beef dinners served up by the Methodists and snacks sold along the riverbank by the volunteer firemen. "It's the area's biggest economic weekend of the year," said Martin Wicks, whose bar dispensed 1,500 bottles of beer...
...encroachments of civilization on the Snake. Earlier that day, the Secretary and Actor-Conservationist Robert Redford, a longtime ally who joined Andrus on the trip, had watched as a pair of prairie falcons performed aerobatics against a background of vertical cliffs. Later the two strolled along the riverbank and discussed, among other things, the need for educating Americans to appreciate the value of their natural resources. "Too often," said Redford, "we don't realize what we have until after it's gone...