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...that are fairly well set: gnome dolls, calendars, Christmas decorations, jigsaw puzzles, stationery and a gnome home, designed by Artist Poortvliet, that can be punched out from heavy paper and assembled in a few hours. Licensing arrangements are being discussed with companies that are panting to sell gnome dishes, tote bags, pillows, egg cups and jewelry, including an enameled gnome with gleaming diamond eyes. Negotiations are under way for a TV special. While Abrams has resisted the temptation to cash in by carpentering a gnome book sequel, it will soon publish a historical examination of the ways and wiles...
...field of twelve horses paraded to the post, rain was falling steadily. So it was understandable that many fans had started to drift toward the exits. But something happened during the ninth race on Sept. 23 that stopped the exodus and sent horseplayers back to stare at the tote board with envious wonderment. After leading most of the way, a 57-to-1 long-shot Uruguayan import named Lebón had breezed easily to a four-length win-and returned $116 for every $2 laid down by his few faithful followers...
...current group of 30 is terracing a site, selected by both students and instructors, in an attempt to prevent soil erosion. The hillside site they chose is extremely steep, and the students must rely heavily on each other to work safely and effectively. The black and white students, who tote humus and wood girders together, who anchor one another as they climb up the hillside, certainly provide a sharp contrast with the students who walk the halls of Southie High in racially divided packs...
...royal government provided no housing materials and no food beyond a few rangy cattle. Patients had to tote water from a spring a mile away. The arrival of Father Joseph Damien de Veuster changed all that. He inspired and encouraged the colonists to build better houses and a primitive hospital on the sheltered side of the peninsula and to install a mile-long water line. How and where or when Damien contracted leprosy, which caused his death in 1889, can never be known. The disease can have an incubation period of ten or more years and the priest might have...
...wandered off. The tote board blinked The kid had brought a long shot home second. A few fans stood in the rain applauding. "Thank you, Stevie," someone called. "Thank you very much." The tone was gratitude approaching supplication...