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...room. I am on the hotel patio, waiting for the lineup for tonight's semifinal bouts to be posted, wondering how long we can stay in the saddle of this bucking bronco called Slam. "We" are the Los Angeles team--Thea Iberall, Poetri (yes, his name is Poetri), Jerry Quickley and I--four poets, linked by a love of words and a passion for competition. We are in Austin to sling verse and reap scores in the ninth--and largest--National Poetry Slam in history. Forty-five teams and 14 individuals are here from 26 states, the District of Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Just What You Say, It's How You Say It | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...Rodessa, lie mile-deep pools of oil discovered last year and now rated as among the largest in the U. S. Last week Kansas City Southern stock was given a fancy jiggle on news that the railroad had struck oil in the Rodessa field. Excitement, however, petered out quickley. It was learned that the drilling had been done not by the railroad. K. C. S. happened to own outright a quarter-mile strip of property along its right-of-way near from the well drilled there will be inconsiderable this year, may amount to $100,000 next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Railroad & Rodessa | 5/25/1936 | See Source »

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