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Watching the temperature mount in the Potomac Valley, one can see an instructive parallel from more than a century ago, when the South's General Robert E. Lee turned his forces east toward Gettysburg. In his great string of victories, Lee had almost always chosen the ground and the time of battle. But at Gettysburg he found his enemy there ahead of him and in the best position. Lee's stubbornness and his belief in his cause led him to attack despite the caution of those who wanted to slip away and fight the battle on their terms...
...reporters discovered gaping holes in several of the murder cases. Lucas, for example, was charged with a string of six killings and an attempted abduction between Oct. 2 and Nov. 2, 1978. To have committed those crimes, Lucas would have had to travel 1 1,000 miles in his 13-year-old Ford station wagon; in the last four days alone he would have covered 4,100 miles, which averages out to more than 40 m.p.h., 24 hours a day. The reporters say a task force headed by Texas Rangers was so eager to close unsolved cases that it failed...
Whether you're facing a midlife crisis or you just got permission from Mom to quit the piano, now you can live your dream of wailing on a six string. The fret board on Optek's PC-connected Fretlight guitar optekmusic.com $600) lights up to show you where to put your fingers for chords and melodies. Ready for your world tour? Plug into any amplifier, crank up the volume, and pray that those desktop lessons paid off. --By Wilson Rothman
Like many other students during Mitchell’s lectures last year, I would often be cast adrift by a string of cryptic references just to be hooked again with an engaging cinematic argument...
...launched a string of indie-rock concerts designed to draw younger, hipper crowds to the museum. Concert Coordinator Dan Hirsch, the man behind the plan, has selected a number of new, exciting musicians he hopes will continue to draw in young music fans. Antony and the Johnsons and favorite folk-poppers Ida both played sets in February to wide acclaim...