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John Wayne, or possibly John Rambo, was still ghosting around some American imaginations last week. A banner stretched across I-75 in north Georgia -- a route the 101st Airborne traveled from Fort Campbell, Ky. -- gave the troopers a parting thought: GET THEIR GAS AND KICK THEIR ASS. Adrenaline, jingo and doubt mingled with sheer weirdness and a sort of emergency-issue nostalgia, as if Americans were rummaging through old LIFE magazines, dipping back into the lore of World War II to discover the styles of leave taking, of sweethearts' goodbyes. Television-news shows offered small touches of the USO, airing...
...Fleck moved to Lexington, Ky., to help start a group called Spectrum. Exposure to bluegrass -- the real thing -- was a "big culture shock," he admits. "I was a little cocky, but down South, they didn't think I sounded so great because I lacked tone and I didn't have a great sense of rhythm. They were right." In 1981 Fleck moved to Nashville and joined the group that would be his musical home for the next eight years: the New Grass Revival, which played what Bela calls "high-tech bluegrass with a lot of heart and intensity; the singing...
Clear-water relay. To raise consciousness about contamination in rivers and streams, activists will collect a bottle of springwater in Lincoln County, Ky., and relay it by canoe down the Green River's 616-km (382-mile) length to Evansville...
Calling the aid a "Fund for Democracy," Bush said Nicaragua should get $500 million and Panama $570 million. To pay for it, the Pentagon would postpone projects at Fort Ord, Calif., Fort Knox, Ky., and Fort Hood, Texas, delay repairing the damaged battleship Iowa and use savings from a hiring freeze. Bush said Congress should vote the aid package by April 6. It is expected to do so, but only after enlarging the pot. Since the President has opened the military vault, Congress presumably will look for the extra cash at the Pentagon...
...guys went out there thinking, 'We're not just happy to be here, we're here to kick some butt,'" Fish said. "Our guys have shown a healthy respect for our opponents, but they have not been awed." Tigers 5-3 at Louisville, Ky...