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...Rider, and Bryan's occasionally aimless doodlings don't always get many miles to the gallon. But he does explain (in a footnote) why the Chevy Caprice is "the unofficial freedom-mobile in the Middle East"; that cows in Arizona used to feed on cantaloupes and honeydews; and why Sierra Blanca, Texas, receives 225 wet tons of New York City sludge each day. Listening to the routinely outsize tales of ordinary Americans with an amiable deadpan worthy of Richard Ford, he suggests that distance makes the head grow fonder too. People who buy snakes in bottles of Jim Beam...
Highly qualified, gifted people (typical Ivy League students) will excel in their careers no matter what college they attend. Parents are suckers to believe otherwise. They certainly are not giving their children enough credit. KEN WAGNER Sierra Vista, Arizona
...rivers statewide. Oregon is about the only state where matters appear to be improving. But I-5 is still closed in southern Oregon and 40,000 customers remain without long-distance telephone service. Rains are supposed to begin slowing throughout much of the region. But the Cascade and Sierra mountain ranges can expect up to another 10 inches of snow before the storm subsides...
Bredes blasts incumbent Michael Forbes for his vote against the Brady Bill--a sensitive issue here, especially in the wake of the 1993 Long Island train massacre. She also touts her environmental record, which won her the Sierra Club's endorsement. The high-profile support of the district's wealthy liberal minority could make this a competitive race...
...moderate Democrat with endorsements from the Sierra Club and the Texas State Teachers Association, Lampson has no problem distinguishing himself from Steve Stockman. But being a Texas moderate also means supporting a balanced budget and tax breaks for small businesses that provide employees health insurance...