Palance Ad Sparks Talk of Real Tough Guys in Pop Culture
A columnist muses on Jack Palance as the Mennen Skin Bracer pitchman and the broader idea of macho manliness. He argues men fall into three types: hard edge tough guys, Jimmy Stewart type helpers, and the charming Barney Fife figures, noting even tough guys like Palance or a Western foreman can falter and die.
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Mennen
Jack Palance
Palance
Shane
Chicago Bears
Mike Ditka
Jimmy Stewart
Barney Fife
New titles arrive at Kendrick Memorial Library
A batch of new fiction and non fiction titles are now available. Fiction includes Scimitar by John Abbott Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Wages of Sin by Andrew Greeley McNallys Luck by Lawrence Sanders Decked by Carol Higgins Clark Night of the Hawk by Dale Brown Vanish With the Rose by Barbara Michaels Doctor on Trial by Henry Denker Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard Non Fiction includes Crossed Over by Beverly Lowrey Inside the VC and the NVA by Michael Lee Lanning and Dan Cragg and What Your Third Grader Needs to Know What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know edited by E D Hirsch Jr.
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Kendrick Memorial Library
John Abbott
Sonny
George Bush
Diana Gabaldon
Scotland
Andrew Greeley
Chicago
Lorcan
James Flynn
Soviet Union
Barbara Michaels
Diana Reed
Henry Denker
Kate Forrester
New York City
Elmore Leonard
Jackie Burke
Feds
Max Cherry
Jackie
Beverly Lowrey
Lowrey
NVA
Michael Lee Lanning
Dan Cragg
E.D. Hirsch Jr
Texas Republicans face voided primaries amid Bush convention push
Texas lawmakers wrestle with the impact of Secretary of State John Hannah voiding primaries while GOP hopes to boost Bush near the front runner status at the Houston convention. A Texas Senate lawsuit seeks an emergency order to halt redistricting, with State Sen. Bill Sims joining the effort. Clinton leads Bush in Texas polls, and education funding shortfalls loom as Richards weighs a special session.
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Austin
Texas
Houston
George Bush
Bush
James Baker
White House
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Richard Murray
Mark White
Cinton
Sims
GOP
Texas Senate
John Hannah
Hannah
Bill Sims
D-San Angelo
Rob Jonell
Voice of Agriculture
San Antonio
Ike Harris
Dallas
Bob Glasgow
Stephenville
Glasgow
Harris
Senate
Talk of Texas and the civil justice reform challenge
Illness and injury plagued cattle drives with scarce doctors and improvised care by cooks using splints whiskey and makeshift remedies. Texas lawyers challenge Dan Quayle to debate civil justice reform as Amtrak plans a 1993 transcontinental train stopping in Beaumont Houston San Antonio Alpine Del Rio and El Paso.
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Texas
Thedford
Veep
Dan Quayle
Houston
Quayle
U.S
American Bar Association
Amtrak
Jacksonville
Fla
Los Angeles
Beaumont
San Antonio
Alpine
del Rio
el Paso
Pharmacist claims weight loss pill Food Source One
Dr William Morris director of National Dietary Research promotes Food Source One a natural tablet that replaces fats with low or no calorie ingredients. He says meaningful loss comes from fat control not reduced eating and cites cases of a Louisiana nurse losing 71 pounds and a New York woman dropping 26 pounds and 15 inches. Pills sold in pharmacies without prescription.
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National Dietary Research
William Morris
NDR
Dr. Morris
Morris
Metairie
Louisiana
Niagara Falls
New York
Omicron International
Nelson Pharmacy
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Laredo
Detroit
Children's Defense Fund
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Terry County Tractor
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