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...from an epic novel, and best of all is the wild whistle-stop campaign of 1948, where "Give 'Em Hell" Harry defied the pundits and drew tumultuous crowds to win the most famous upset in American history. McCullough also lovingly captures Truman's sparkle by drawing on the marvelous trove of letters he wrote...
...divided North and South more sharply than the question of what to do about the world's remaining virgin forests. At the heart of the debate are the tropical rain forests -- and a fundamental difference in how each side sees them. To industrial countries they are a treasure trove of biodiversity and greenhouse-gas "sinks" that absorb CO2 and thus help keep global warming in check. To developing nations the forests are resources ripe for exploitation: potential farmland, a free source of fuel and a storehouse of exotic kinds of wood that command high prices overseas...
THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE: THE WORLD OF BEATRIX POTTER, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Childhood would be a fallow field without the carrot patches and flopsy bunnies of this great storyteller. But Peter and his friends weren't Potter's only creations, and the show also delves into a trove of her naturalistic sketches. Kids will love the accompanying tea parties and interactive video games. Through...
...either because it's the '90s now and rearview time, or because the stuff is too good to ignore any longer, many Americans have been looking back in spite of themselves at the incredible trove of Broadway show tunes and pop melodies composed between roughly 1920 and 1950 and finding it not only good but great, even classical, in a loose-jointed, informal American sense of the word...
About 50 four-foot tall barrels inhabit The Recycle, each filled with a trove of loot for purchase. Monopoly pieces and galaxy sparkle paper go for 25 cents and CD cases for 50 cents. I purchased a roll of silver mylar tape for 40 cents as well as a 50 cent windup motor that clicks and unwinds...