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...about human survival against a deity in another solar system. The core of the book is perhaps the biggest effrontery of all: in his guise as the reincarnated Twain, Carkeet offers letters, notebooks and short stories that allegedly come from the master of the tall tale. They project what his deflating wit would make of the modern world, not least the scholarly cottage industry that has grown up around Twain's own work...
Most legislators enthusiastically agreed. But a few cautioned that the hard work is still to be done. "He's setting himself up for having to produce," noted Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "That looks like a tall order." Scoffed Jimmy Carter's arms-control adviser, Paul Warnke, "The music was much better than the lyrics. There wasn't much substance to the words...
...world's tallest building, an office and apartment tower shooting up 1,670 ft., or 216 ft. higher than the Sears Tower in Chicago. One-third of a mile high! Not only that, but between now and the end of the century Trump plans to build another six tall apartment houses on the site, more than 70 stories apiece, as well as a pair of mammoth office buildings, one meant for a television network...
...familiar sight to California visitors for more than 60 years has been those big letters. Nestled among the slopes of Mount Lee, the 50-foot-tall Hollywood sign has become a Los Angeles landmark. Now the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce wants to have that sign, along with the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Hollywood Christmas Parade, protected as a trademark. The association claims exclusive licensing rights to any and all products bearing the name Hollywood that are either made or sold in California...
Apparently they were wrong. On Christmas Eve, a tall, thin, bearded man came to the door of the house in the affluent Madrona neighborhood where the Goldmarks lived with their two sons, Derek, 12, and Colin, 10. The stranger forced his way in, waving what later turned out to be a toy gun at the shocked family. According to police, he chloroformed the Goldmarks, handcuffed them, stabbed them repeatedly and bludgeoned them with a steam iron. The assailant left Annie Goldmark, 43, dead and her husband and two sons critically injured. Colin died several days later. Late last week, Derek...