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...burning stoves and electric saws. One farmer who will not be touched by scarcities is Dick Shuttleworth, who lives near Muncie, Ind. He has put together a Rube Goldberg contraption that transforms his plentiful supply of manure into methane gas, which powers his lights, refrigerator and even his Ford pickup...
Armed with toolboxes and traveling in dented pickup trucks, they prospect in garbage dumps, abandoned houses, cut-over timberlands, deserted beaches. Their haul seems shabby: driftwood, salvaged lumber, squares of flooring, old banisters, fragments of stained glass. But to the foragers, these gleanings are golden. Months or even years later, their booty reappears in the recycled glory of selfstyled, handmade homes...
...then, however. The restaurant does not send meals out. But on a lonely Saturday afternoon a plaintive request from Henry Kissinger for his favorite luncheon steak was instantly honored. A tray bearing an elegant setting was handed to a security agent who had been dispatched for the pickup. The nation went...
...devoid of suspense, an air of regality is of the essence. Eileen Herlie strives for imperiousness and achieves glacial suburban pomposity. George Grizzard suggests a jaunty detached habit of command, but any show of passion is dissipated in petulance. All in all, one has the unsettling impression that a pickup cast of stewards and maids from the crew of the Queen Elizabeth II could have mimicked royalty more convincingly...
...only last year that Tom McGuane gave up for good on being a cowboy. A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE is still neatly printed on the dashboard of his old pickup truck. That is his Montana persona. In the winter he lives in Key West and thinks of becoming a fishing guide if he goes broke...