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...through the civil service. Thus these nonpartisan supervisors will be able to select most of the 400,000 door- to-door enumerators at up to $8 an hour. Republicans are livid. Complained Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber: "Patronage is the lifeblood of politics in many congressional districts. To have this slip by us for bureaucratic reasons is just infuriating...
...become "locked," resisting the overall motion. Explains Berkeley seismologist Robert Uhrhammer: "Stress builds up in these areas that are in effect welded shut. It's as if the rock were being stretched like a big rubber sheet." At a certain point the rock snaps, allowing the plates to slip and release stress. The result is an earthquake...
...satisfy mom-and-pop customers most is a quality that the chains, with their reliance on self-service, rarely provide: the warm ambiance of the hometown library. Buyers prefer to talk to booksellers, not to supermarket-style check-out clerks. They like to attend readings by authors or slip off their shoes in a homey shop, settle into an armchair and browse for an hour. Many of these stores provide coffee and other refreshments; Atlanta's Oxford Books (115,000 titles) has a lunch counter and stays open until 2 a.m. on weekends. Says owner Rupert LeCraw: "We've built...
Harvard halfback Tracy Hackeling dug the ball out of a crowd and swung a one-bounce cross to Fair at the top of the penalty box. Fair charged the ball, but let it slip between her legs to Johnston. The fake froze Johnson's defender, and the sophomore striker broke in alone, nailing a shot past Dartmouth goaltender Debbie Tripaldi for a 1-0 lead with 22 minutes to play...
...Nickerson Field artificial surface soon turned into an enormous slip-and-slide as the rain continued pouring down on the field. But the Crimson contained the Terriers...