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Unwound's stage presence symbolized this psychological isolation from peers as the trend du jour. Mop-headed, slackjawed, distant and sedated, Trosper and bassist Vern Rumsey slumped over themselves as they aimlessly strummed away in their emotional vacuum. Remaining unresponsive to their fans, the pair rarely deviated from a tired routine...
...fund to compensate owners for their losses, and to date the group has paid out more than $21,000. But money isn't the only issue. "There's also the stress of not knowing if wolves are in the area and when they'll strike," says Vern Keller, 71, a rancher who has been in the business for 48 years. "It keeps us on edge all the time...
Before police arrested Ward, his friend says, Ward phoned several former girlfriends and warned one that she had better sever a relationship with another man "if you don't want the same thing that happened to Debbie to happen to you." Another friend, Claudio Cabreja, says, "Vern was one of those guys, he'd be with a girl and think she shouldn't go out with anyone else." Evans' relatives allege that Ward, who has served time for domestic battery and drug dealing, beat Evans during their three-year relationship...
...Vern Bullough, a retired professor of nursing at the State University of New York, scoffs at these claims. "None of the research demonstrated that there's any effect," he says, "and many of the conclusions are subjective." He also notes that no evidence exists for a human energy field. Still TT seems to have gone mainstream. It is taught in nursing schools, practiced in hospitals and described matter-of-factly, without reservation, in Techniques in Clinical Nursing, a widely distributed textbook...
...Meat Loaf's hit song Paradise by the Dashboard Light -- than for his great-field, great-bunt playing days. But even then, James persuasively argues, he didn't have the numbers or the earned renown of Pee Wee Reese, a Hall of Famer, or of George Davis and Vern Stephens, who are faint memories...