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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Visibly ailing since Memorial Day, Austin's historic Treaty Oak -- alleged site of a treaty signing by Native Americans and Father of Texas Stephen F. Austin -- has been receiving the kind of diligent attention usually given a gravely ill head of state. A team of eleven has meticulously removed the contaminated soil from around its huge root network, and last week billionaire H. Ross Perot flew in 18 technical specialists from around the nation to assist in a bedside diagnosis...
...formed a few theories about Harvard that evening. For example, I decided that Pennypacker Hall--site of that night's big party--must be located somewhere east of hell. And I learned that the fishbowl room at Herrell's is NOT the place to go after seven shots of vodka chased down with warm keg beer...
...quick and masterful rescue operation helped avert catastrophe. Within hours, four Norwegian and two Soviet helicopters began plucking passengers and crewmen out of the boats and carrying them to safety aboard the Norwegian vessel Senja, which reached the accident site after plowing through ice up to 6 ft. thick...
...That was cited by the Pulitzer committee. Some folks thought it was particularly nasty. I quote: "Times Square . . . is best known as the site where many thousands of people gather each New Year's Eve for a joyous and festive night of public urination . . . It also serves as an important cultural center where patrons may view films such as Sex Aliens, Wet Adulteress, and, of course, Sperm Busters." It seems that you try to be as provocative and as offensive as possible. Doesn't your editor object...
...Instead, the building, buttressed by 60 interior columns, serves as a gallery for 36 immense, hand-blown stained- glass windows. In a brilliant conception, hundreds of colors splash across the nave in patterns that change throughout the day. "It is the church of light," says a mason at the site, "the light of God." The basilica, which is entered from a huge porch overhung with stained glass, is air-conditioned...