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...slings and arrows for scofflaws. For annual charges, including membership fees, representatives of Washington's Humiliation Elimination and Boston's Ticket Away will pay fines and drive owners to their cars, charging the entire cost to the customer's credit card. In Washington, parking offenders can sip champagne in a chauffeured limousine as they are taken to their lost vehicles at the D.C. department of transportation's impoundment lot. Said a gratified user of the Boston service: "Not only did it save me a day's work, it probably saved...
...homecoming day at Virginia's Hampden-Sydney College, and the playing field, ironically called Death Valley, is alive with the old-fashioned spirit of amateur competition. No TV cameras or pro scouts here. Sprawling on the sidelines, students and alumni sip beer, bloodies and bourbon as the home-town Tigers are tamed 7-6 by the Generals from Washington and Lee. It seems a perfect postcard of an all-American scene. But look a little closer. A few details are amiss. The pep band in the stands has only male members. There is not a curvy cheerleader in sight...
Still, the B.S.O.'s claims to fame are strong. Like the greatest symphonic organizations, it has a noble tradition and a distinctive sound. Its home-town appeal extends from the white-haired ladies who sip cranberry juice at intermission of the Friday afternoon concerts to the young physicists and computer scientists who fill the hall on Saturday evening. Isaac Stern, in a birthday greeting, was right when he called it "a great Boston tradition that continues to enrich our nation...
...story of Ponce de León, who was in his 50s when he first heard of the Fountain of Youth. He had subdued the natives of Puerto Rico to become a secure but bored governor. Supposedly an old Indian slave told him of the magic water, one sip of which would reverse the terrible effects of age. In 1512 the old rascal put out with three ships bound for Bimini, the supposed location of the fountain. Ponce found only the Sargasso Sea, the islands called the Dry Tortugas and flying fish. Eight years later, convinced that the fountain...
...unconvincing stereotyping that pervades the film. Intent on criticizing the stuffiness and conservatism of the British aristocracy, director Hudson seemingly has forgotten that any portrayal--particularly a negative one--requires detail to convince. But detail does not appear. Instead, scenes flash by disjointedly: Gielgud and his colleague sip port and discuss school spirit; the Prince of Wales languorously puffs a cigarette and tries to convince Liddell to run the preliminary heat on Sunday "for the love of country...