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...other case involved a vintage 1961 six-foot sculpture of the commandments donated with support from Cecil B. DeMille, director of the movie "The Ten Commandments." Standing in a park on the grounds of the Texas state capitol, the work is accompanied by 17 other statues and sculptures-a primary reason why it is acceptable, the court said. In that 5-4 decision, O'Connor sided with the minority that would have disallowed the Texas monolith...
Summer brings to mind the town's old Norwegian bachelor farmers, stolidly harvesting wheat with their antiquated, clattering six-foot combines. The Norwegian bachelors were not impressed by modern 20-footers. Sure, you got done faster, but that just meant waiting longer till it was time to go to bed. This is a good laugh line, as close to a knee slapper as Keillor lets himself get in the monologues. But like his uncle Lew, he tells stories, not jokes, and he goes on to say that "the clatter brings back memories of old days of glory in the field...
...adage “You are what you eat” applied to presidential candidates, Americans would find themselves on Nov. 2 deliberating between a six-foot tall tamale and a French-speaking chocolate chip cookie. Each candidate has his own particular food soft spot. John F. Kerry has never flip-flopped on his love for chocolate, and in the 1970s co-founded a bakery in downtown Boston. George W. Bush found within himself weapons of mass consumption when he frequented Mexican restaurants. For any undecided voters, a trip to Boston’s Quincy Market and the local taqueria...
Merrit’s first goal of the game—the first of her college career—occurred barely two minutes into the game when the nearly six-foot midfielder headed the ball into the net following a corner kick...
...despite his professed pride in his past profession, the six-foot five-inch, 255-pound Miami native has seemingly distanced himself from his wrestling persona over the course of his acting career, catalyzing an image evolution that he insists is unintentional but only natural...