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...annual battle against the onslaught of mud [May 10]. Bemidji, 240 miles north of Minneapolis, sits in the middle of woods, bogs and lakes and is no newcomer to dealing with mudology. A standing joke around here is let a Volkswagen go ahead of you. Then drive over its roof when it falls into a mudhole...
Herman suggests changing the way incest is perceived as the first step towards making many needed reforms. Incest laws should alter the rules of procedure, she says, since eyewitness are obviously rare. Abused children usually remain under their father's roof (and power) while the father is being tried. Mothers and daughters, estranged in incestuous families, must be re-united. Therapists must recognize the cultural taboos surrounding incest and develop new methods of treating victims...
...match-up that has all the makings of a barroom brawl. On the right of the room, Charlie Daniels, roof-raising country rocker, the good ole fiddler who a couple of seasons ago sang about the devil going down to Georgia and about solid American spunk: "This lady may have stumbled, but she ain't never fell/ And if the Russians don't believe it, they can all go straight to hell...
...this is not new. Every German, since 1945, has thought about the question of how, one day, the Germans could live under one roof in one house. But you must not delude yourselves. We are hoping for evolution in the Communist part of Central Europe in order to have at least the same openness between East Germany and West Germany as we enjoy with, say, Austria or Switzerland or, for that matter, Hungary. The first sentence of our constitution, which was adopted in 1949 under the stewardship of the victors of World War II, speaks of the task...
...accounts are only part of the financial revolution that has been bringing widely different money services under one roof. Last week Sears, Roebuck and Co., the largest American retailer, announced that it will open financial-service centers in eight cities in July. The company now owns Dean Witter Reynolds securities and Coldwell Banker real estate. Last year American Express Co. bought Shearson Loeb Rhoades, the second largest securities firm, and the Prudential Insurance Co. acquired the Bache Group, the sixth biggest brokerage house. Banks will soon be in the thick of the financial fight...