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...dusty blocks set in the middle of spectacular golden foothills. The bright, bright sunlight is not flattering to Point Sal Road, the main street. Just off Point Sal stands a TV satellite dish nearly as big as its owners' trailer home. On the lot next door, a slack-bellied black horse eats greens. Early on a weekday afternoon, Casmalia is quiet but not silent: somewhere chickens crow, a toddler yelps, and Linda Ronstadt sings. "A lot of people don't like a town like this," says Phyllis Vaniter, "but we do." They may like it, but they hate the smell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Living, Dangerously, with Toxic Wastes | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

With the defense slack, Leelee Groome stepped up and smashed the ball on goal. Forward Kate Felsen deflected the shot past Springfield's diving goalie, Alanna Macdonald, and into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Shine, Beat #12 Springfield, 1-0 | 10/9/1985 | See Source »

...quarter of this year. So far, however, the Administration's effort to buy the industry some breathing space with voluntary quotas on imports has not produced results. Even if shipments from the major exporters can be slowed, the industry fears smaller producers will step in to take up the slack. So far, only one-third of the 76 steel-producing nations have agreed to limit their exports, and some agreements have loopholes. Korea and Japan, for instance, refused to include certain steel components for offshore oil rigs in their import quotas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Industries That Want Help | 10/7/1985 | See Source »

...make a belt. It turned out the snake had swallowed 13 eggs, eleven chickens, nine guineas and a billy goat. For some reason, most of the stories seemed to be about things that had swallowed things. This line of thought seemed much appreciated, especially by children, who listened slack-jawed, accepting the fictional terrors of nature as gospel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Alabama: a Coon Dog Indeed | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...under-attendance of this year's reading should ignite concern among area literati to make next year's event poetry in the park more meaningful. Clearly, in the midst of apathy and a lack of unifying message, college students should take up the slack and begin to make the public artistic statement for this generation. Such a statement would not only present powerful images, but would also present powerful ideas. And, at least, college students could bring youthful energy to an art form that is in danger of being forgotten...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Poetry in the Park | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

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