Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Milwaukee, Doreen and Robert Hamann bought their modest two-bedroom stone house 15 months ago with the help of a mortgage from the rapidly growing Wisconsin housing and economic development authority. Under its program, the 8.75% fixed-rate loan could be used for homes costing no more than $72,000. "At first I felt a little bitter to realize that we couldn't begin to live as nicely as our parents do," said Doreen, 27, an office clerk. But she and Hamann, a 41-year-old postal worker, now consider themselves lucky. "When you hear about all the young people...
Perhaps the most popular fantasy of all involves a visit with the resort's most distinguished guests: eight Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins, in residence under the care of marine-mammal veterinarians Rae Stone and Jay Sweeney. Rather than ricocheting around a concrete pool, the dolphins frolic in a protected saltwater lagoon. "Everything about this place is fake, except for the dolphins," observes a guest wryly, as she wanders by. The Dolphin Quest program offers a model environment for research and study, as well as a unique aquatic encounter for the guests. "These animals can humble anyone," says trainer Christian Harris...
...plot of Pelle the Conqueror is an adaption of the first of four volumes of a novel written by Martin Anderson Nexo. Lasse finds a position as a lowly stable hand on Stone Farm, which is owned by sexually promiscuous, bourgeois businessman. And though this is not the best of jobs nor the best of living accommodations, Lasse and Pelle try to hold on to their pride and their hope for a better future...
...minute film is a series of vignettes portraying more of the father-son couple's adventures during their year at Stone Farm. It is generally a study of the character interaction between Lasse and Pelle, but there are several more scenes which allow the supporting cast to show off their talents. And as the script calls for a show of diverse emotions from both characters, the remarkable abilities of the young Pelle are particularly evident...
...called for the emergency evacuation by helicopter, from the South Lawn, of the President and the 50 or so people who made up the heart of the Government. They were to be whisked to the Blue Ridge Mountains and secreted in a command post under 600 ft. of stone, from there to run the war and the nation. Some newsmen were to be included to send out dispatches on presidential decisions, should any printing presses or broadcast facilities be left standing. We were ordered to stay within 20 minutes of the White House and near a phone. I brooded...