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...enough to start a grass-roots rebellion -- and it has. Across the nation from Greenwich, Connecticut, to Palo Alto, California, environmentalists and their allies are taking aim at the noisy machines that rule the neighborhood from May to October. In Takoma Park, Maryland, for instance, free-lance writer Mike Tidwell founded Citizens Against Lawn Mower Madness, a group seeking to limit use of gas mowers in the town. Says Tidwell: "I'm committed to spreading the gospel of power-mower reform...
...number of local stations around the country are claiming that many Saturday-morning cartoon and kiddy shows, including The Jetsons, G.I. Joe, Super Mario Brothers and Leave It to Beaver, are "educational" in nature. In a report prepared by the Center for Media Education in Takoma Park, Maryland, consumer groups charge that these stations are skirting the law's intent to upgrade children's TV programming by lumping all programs into vague categories such as "programs specifically designed for children." As it is, says the report, 60% of the scarce news shows for children that do appear are relegated...
...addition to New York, five other cities provide bereavement leave for domestic partners: Los Angeles; Madison, Wis.; San Francisco; Seattle; and Takoma Park, Md. The only cities that currently offer health benefits to the domestic partners of employees are three in California: Berkeley, Santa Cruz and West Hollywood. State governments, which have the real authority to legislate family and marriage laws, have so far shied away from the issue. But across the country, major efforts are under way to change the laws...
...girlfriend). Even the sextet's gospel oldies are revamped with vocal pyrotechnics, improbable harmonies and sly humor. As it injects religion into the freewheeling jazz-soul world, Take 6 is loosening up staid Adventism. Just before the Grammys the group gave its first performance at Sligo Church in Takoma Park, Md., where members include many officials of the denomination's nearby world headquarters. McKnight shouted to the roaring throng, "We believe there should be no happier people on the face of the earth than those who serve a risen Saviour...
...winter. Besides gaining weight, oversleeping and being listless, they withdraw socially, lose interest in sex and feel anxious and irritable. As spring approaches, depression subsides and behavior returns to normal. In fact, some people become downright euphoric during the long days of July and August. Carl Harris, 37, of Takoma Park, Md., whose winter plaint is "If I were a bear, I'd hibernate," finds in summer that he needs only four hours of sleep a night and can work two or three jobs at once. Latitude appears to be as important as season: the incidence and severity...