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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...ese databases: National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) Its mission is to combine investigative and operational support func... ...e, Salinas, and Santa Rosa) obliterated. Casualties: 700 dead Felt as far as: Los Angeles in the south and Coos Bay, Oregon, to the north S... ...n consultant to aircraft manufacturers. Later, the US Army sent him on clandestine missions to the Pacific and Europe. But he never regained his st... ...12-21 hours. Within the next 24 hours, the tiny maggots embark on their destructive mission. The Merck Veterinary Manual describes these killing ... ...an Oscar for original dramatic score only in 1973, a year after it was screened in Los Angeles for the first time. These winners were still shot... ...n 1952 smog killed more than 4000 people in Greater London within the three weeks. Los Angeles and Tokyo also suffer from smog pollution. Photoc... ...Liberty is the largest copper sculpture in the world. Mount Rushmore - in the Black Hills near Keystone - is both the largest monument and the most ... ...actors. Teapot Dome was leased to Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Company. The Elk Hills reserve in California was rented to Edward L. Doheny's Pan... ...o protect the interests of the government. The Supreme Court annulled both the Elk Hills and the Teapot Dome leases in 1927. But, though government...

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Man with No Name

By: Wally Amos

...Company. Three years before my unexpected meeting with Mr. Polo Shirt in Los Angeles, the divorce between me and the nationally renowned cookie com... ...any. Three years before my unexpected meeting with Mr. Polo Shirt in Los Angeles, the divorce between me and the nationally renowned cookie company... ...it New York. She found a good-paying job as a live-in domestic in Forest Hills, Long Island. I started my new school, Food Trades Voca- Only Those ... ..., that I decided to quit and go out on my own. I decided we would move to Los Angeles to further my career. In those days, I never considered making... ...spent her time packing boxes and coordinating our arrangements to move to Los Angeles. I also chipped in, and because of my prior experience I was a... ... a whole new feeling of enthu­ siasm. We lived in a house in the Hollywood Hills with two bed­ rooms and a nice little backyard-quite a change from ap... ...oked ahead together to the goal. Some years ago I created my own personal mission statement. It says: "My purpose for living is to help people reali... ... company for the very first time. Then I began outlining my plans and my mission. And while I was busy with that, I began gradu­ ally to shed myoId ... ...e Chrysler corporation. I felt that I was being com­ mended for a lifelong mission, and I was honored that others per­ ceived my story as important. ...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...S 10200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526... ...200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526 (818)... ...right Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); •... ...t Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); • mus... ...ut the works they use is part of their normal course of operation – their mission in many respects is to provide the public with this type of histori... ...tions with a copyright owner its non-profit status and its public service mission as justification for a low or no royalty payment, those factors co... ...awrence Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Pict... ...nce Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Picture ... ...ver Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; The J. Paul Getty Trust; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Muse...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...S 10200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526... ...200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526 (818)... ...right Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); •... ...t Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); • mus... ...ut the works they use is part of their normal course of operation – their mission in many respects is to provide the public with this type of histori... ...tions with a copyright owner its non-profit status and its public service mission as justification for a low or no royalty payment, those factors co... ...awrence Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Pict... ...nce Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Picture ... ...ver Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; The J. Paul Getty Trust; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Muse...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...ning sun broke through a bank of gray clouds, and rays of sun spotlighted the hills of Rome. Alfredo, the Pope’s personal secretary, knocked once a... ...out. 7 J.Cross/Artemis “I see... Well, may God bless you in your chosen mission,” Francis said. The word ‘mission’ instantly rang like a bell ... ...nd, and immediately realized that the apparition had come to deliver a Divine Mission, in which, somehow, this young priest was to play an important... ...abinet and withdrew some papers. “Fill these out. I am sending you on a Papal mission.” He handed the papers to Antonio. As he read the papers he c... ... paper that Cardona had given him. It was a palatial Mexican villa set on the hillside over looking a majestic ocean. A host of workmen were feather... ...tack the Cartels in Colombia." "Are you crazy? They can't win a war in those hills. They're bunkered in fortresses, and armed with the best fightin... ... 191 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 19 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The dark, night covered the parade of ex... ... he said, liking the sites he read. "I have arranged for a tourist charter to Los Angeles, courtesy of the Ministry of Culture. From there you can m... ...h, except for you and my men. The six of us will fly by commercial airline to Los Angeles, and then to Washington, DC. We have contacts there that c...

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The Soul Bearer

By: Jonathan Cross

...r reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid students and educators by provid... ... now almost forgotten. Every part of this country is sacred to my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove has been hallowed by s... ...e the opportunity to take your place among the Council Chiefs, and complete the mission, the mis- Johnathan Cross sion that 1 was unable to complet... ...e sent. But this messenger must go of his own free will if he is to take on the mission of the Soul Bearer." Again Hawk asked, "And you think that I... ...re like a business meeting, a superior telling a subordinate what to do. "Go to Los Angeles. You have a meeting with Alana Matloch at ten a.m tomorr... ... especially his rugged good looks. He was not the ordi­ nary fare around Beverly Hills or the Bel Aire Circle; he was different, serious, exciting. ... ... hung up the phone. LE I.E. BUILDING was the architectural center-piece of the Los Angeles Financial District. The sixty-five story edifice was scu... ...rom today we'll have the press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills ... Oh, and, Mr. Hill, make it an elegant buffet lun­ cheon. 1 ... ... public debate." Alana acquiesced and allowed one more question. "Alice Baker, Los Angeles Times. Dr. Hawk, if everyone, as you propose, gets on yo...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

... he would not have noticed it. Mr. Morgan is also absent. He obtained per- mission to lock the seminar to- night l)ut did not arrive in time to close ... ...ng. Raphael wos born in Urbino, Italy, a distinctly rural land, rolling in hills. He was fond of painting and bad the good for- tune to be assisted in... ... 18 7.80 p. m. —Lecture by Dr. Pratt on ' 'The Present Stains of Cbrietiao Missions.'' 10 H. H. 7.30 p. m.—First of two lectures by Mr. Guerard on "Th... ... & ompany Opposite Vanderbilt Hall - - - New Haven, Conn. in the Berkshire Hills T\ Che Grevlock Hotel WnKmstown, Mass. Eeluit & Envy Lnsis Cooley's H... ...the floor, was one of the fairest offi oials he ever saw, constitute an ad mission of guilt ? Does not the action of the Dartmouth manager in his effo... ...& Company Opposite Vanderbilt Hall - - - New Haven, Conn. In the Berkshire Hills r WRttamslMim, Mass. Cbe Grcviock Hotel Etiuit & Emery Lasses Cooley'... ... accepted a similar position with the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Los Angeles, Cal. '99—The engagement of Miss E. Rathbone of Elmira, N. Y., ... ...and Professor Howes, Crete; the remarkable volcanic island of Tbe- ra, and los and Paros will com- plete Professor Rice's share of the lecture; and hi... ...S lepalr, SllkSOc.,CoHon Ste. AlailedODrtcelptolprice. stO.nOBTOO.,lbkaa l«los,lbaa.,V.B.A. Perry A. Smedley Corpenter and Builder Dealer lis Hardware...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

...d retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: ... ...ired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the Inside: Asian... ...ble with a veneer of Spanish and Italian flair: houses with straight-barrel mission, clay tile roofs made famous by — the neighboring Stanford Unive... ... is that they love to give themselves ridiculous English names. I remember a missionary from my church that told me the names of several kids in vill... ...aining just once, we pack in my car and drive to Auntie's new church, Unity Mission Church of Christ. Unity Mission Church looks like a giant stadium... ...ng everywhere, the terminal like a city of its own, especially here at LAX, Los Angeles International. My parents booked our flight late last night, ... ...verywhere, the terminal like a city of its own, especially here at LAX, Los Angeles International. My parents booked our flight late last night, righ... ... get a beating from the good, old feather duster. Now Boarding: Flight 6025, Los Angeles to... I hear the audio announcement for our “ ” flight, loud... ...There's no place like home actually, there is, or rather, there are: Beverly Hills, San Jose, La — Jolla, just to name a few, but it's still good to ...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...tal system.  The Great Wall that stretched farther than from New York to Los Angeles.  The 1,103-mile Grand Canal ‗s locks could lift boats up in... ...system.  The Great Wall that stretched farther than from New York to Los Angeles.  The 1,103-mile Grand Canal ‗s locks could lift boats up into l... ...sed recklessly—directed the battles with signal flags and horns from atop hills away from the action. Captives with no skills might be assigned ... ... years in Asia. 13 Kublai welcomed European merchants, travelers, and missionaries from different orders to his court. He sent and received envo... ...y-four years in Asia. Kublai welcomed European merchants, travelers, and missionaries from different orders to his court, and he sent and received ... ...famous Bruges wool market and had been involved in a number of diplomatic missions for England‘s King Edward IV. In his mid-forties, he left the w... ...on in just three years. While Kemeny worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, his boss for a year was Nobel Prize-winner Richard Feynman, wh...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...tal system.  The Great Wall that stretched farther than from New York to Los Angeles.  The 1,103-mile Grand Canal ‗s locks could lift boats up in... ...system.  The Great Wall that stretched farther than from New York to Los Angeles.  The 1,103-mile Grand Canal ‗s locks could lift boats up into l... ...sed recklessly—directed the battles with signal flags and horns from atop hills away from the action. Captives with no skills might be assigned to... ...ur years in Asia. 13 Kublai welcomed European merchants, travelers, and missionaries from different orders to his court. He sent and received envo... ...y-four years in Asia. Kublai welcomed European merchants, travelers, and missionaries from different orders to his court, and he sent and received ... ...famous Bruges wool market and had been involved in a number of diplomatic missions for England‘s King Edward IV. In his mid-forties, he left the woo... ...eton in just three years. While Kemeny worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, his boss for a year was Nobel Prize-winner Richard Feynman, wh...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... --―Back in the 1990's I had occasion to fly the Concord from Paris to Los Angeles. It left shortly after sundown. To my amazement as we flew wes... ...--―Back in the 1990's I had occasion to fly the Concord from Paris to Los Angeles. It left shortly after sundown. To my amazement as we flew west I s... ...flat. But we can‘t use that geometry to fly a 35 plane from London to Los Angeles because the earth is somewhat round. It is an oblate spheroid,... ... Lee, we don‘t find Saudi princes or Pakistani presidents driving suicide missions.‖ ---―What sort of values do those practicing child sexua... ...he Third World. Higher birth rates and less education, when agitated with missionary zeal, are increasing the total number of monotheists on the pla... ... ―I read recently that in Baldwin Village, where I lived as a child in Los Angeles, a three year old girl was purposely shot at point blank range... ...d. John was the head physician at the Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was treating film personality Godfrey McCambridge at the time. S... ...ri‘s killing of Shi‘ite 224 children or adults in the suicide bombing missions he ordered in Iraq. Should someone of authority prioritize religi... ...him. But they stayed married. They have a great home near you in Woodland Hills, Lee. So they stay married because of the house. Pornography didn‘t ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

...h. Then we must quickly get it into reverse if we are to survive. It is my mission to get the people to understand the reality of impending doom if ... ...ng of starvation deaths in Ethiopia? Why the beating of children in Beverly Hills? Why the white slave trade from Eastern Europe to the West? Why ar... ...tand what I will experience. Since playing high school football together in Los Angeles we have been best friends. It’s funny that while at one time ... ... what I will experience. Since playing high school football together in Los Angeles we have been best friends. It’s funny that while at one time we w... ..., though, and care for it.’(8a) “What about that unmarried unemployed Los Angeles women who had octuplets after already mothering six children... ...ough, and care for it.’(8a) “What about that unmarried unemployed Los Angeles women who had octuplets after already mothering six children und... ...e world who are incompetent or abusive. “I remember a story in the Los Angeles Times many years ago in which it was reported that criminall... ...rld who are incompetent or abusive. “I remember a story in the Los Angeles Times many years ago in which it was reported that criminally ab... ... prophets. I am hopeful. I know that I have to try! It may be an impossible mission, but it must be done. If there ever was a life or death issue, t...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... remember one time she, and a very short classmate of hers dressed in a tuxedo, and with her in her best formal, appeared on the floor of the Los An... ...ember one time she, and a very short classmate of hers dressed in a tuxedo, and with her in her best formal, appeared on the floor of the Los Angele... ... their parents, are a bit afraid that I might be a molester. I don‘t feel the closeness I once felt from everyone. These priests have made my missio... ... Ladin to attack the infidels in New York and Washington, to kill people who hadn‘t harmed him, and to kill George W, Bush by flying a suicide missio... ...e of love a few minutes ago. Jesus may be said to have been such a person; Albert Schweitzer in his ministry in Africa might be another; some missio... ...h is a person‘s environment influenced by finding meaning in his or her life? Certainly our environments differ. The Jewish girl from Beverly Hills ... ...aq war.‖ —―Con, you probably remember that after the famous O.J. Simpson murder trial the police knew that there would be rioting in Los An... ...ar.‖ —―Con, you probably remember that after the famous O.J. Simpson murder trial the police knew that there would be rioting in Los Angele... ...This highly successful program has already given us some musical geniuses, such as Gustavo Dudamel, who was named the musical director for the Los An...

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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...S 10200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526... ...200 SEPULVEDA BLVD. COURTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SUITE 309 MISSION HILLS, CA 91345 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS wASHINGTON, DC 20515-0526 (818)... ...right Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); •... ...t Alliance, Stanford University Libraries, University of California – Los Angeles Libraries, University of California – San Diego Libraries); • mus... ...ut the works they use is part of their normal course of operation – their mission in many respects is to provide the public with this type of histori... ...tions with a copyright owner its non-profit status and its public service mission as justification for a low or no royalty payment, those factors co... ...awrence Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Pict... ...nce Lessig et al./Save The Music and Creative Commons Fred Goldstein/Los Angeles County Museum of Art Maura King Steven Metalitz/Motion Picture ... ...ver Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; The J. Paul Getty Trust; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Muse...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

..., take space technology, and the movie: ‘Apollo 13’. The story of a botched mission to the moon. An aborted mission. An abortion. Why was it ... ... aborted mission. An abortion. Why was it a botched abortion? Because 12 missions had already been done. The full cycle of 12 were fully playe... ...echanical attempt to impregnate a dead moon and give it Life. The Apollo Missions to the moon were literal transliterations of the human subcons... ...e river’s water from the Owen’s Valley and transferring it 419 miles south to Los Angeles, and then stealing water from the Colorado River and sendi... ...s, and then stealing water from the Colorado River and sending it 137 miles to Los Angeles: Los Angeles could have not grown to a population of more ... ...ning. Yet people do not give a single thought to the nuclear reactor between Los Angeles and San Diego, only a few thousand feet from the entire Pac... ...efended came from in Europe? From the squatters holing up on high, defensible hills: to keep from being killed by the Walkers. That is where the or... ...e leaders of these cowards. They sat apart from the other cowards… on top of hills, sitting in stones. Others listened to him when he came running... ...Maria as she is singing… on top of a mountain. What is she singing? “The hills are alive with the sound of music.” “With songs they have sung: ...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

... skirting the north-eastern edge of the province. Ban Dong is built on the hills Ban Dong - the last forest village. between which the Mae Ang runs d... ...ew Lom road, a village road forks off to the north-east, winding along the hills to Ban Mae Ang, the main village of the river valley. Beyond it, ther... ...ley fields were already there as they are today, but here and there on the hillsides, a small swidden clearing was discernible, and in the dry season,... ...acher training college. The city's Chinese community, as well as Christian missionary organizations, have their own private schools. (24 The streetsca... ...lmost all funerals and temple festivals. Religious service is their life's mission. A few decades ago village temples were spiritually independent and... ... and young people in neither town nor country wish to marry without their mission (Table 2). The sexual revolution has not yet reached Lampang, and ... ...ute of East Asiatic Studies. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Diamond, Stanley (ed.) 1969 (1960). Primitive Views on the W... ...nd Peasant Choice in a Thai Village. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley – Los Angeles. — 1969 a. The Study of Thai Society: Summary Comments. Hans ... ...omusicology II, 89–98. Institute of Ethnomusicology, Univ. of California. Los Angeles. — 1976. The Traditional Music of Thailand. California Univ. P...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...n the dust storm of talcum powder that, in her trailer, she swept across the hills of his buttocks, wishing to walk across hills and depart from famil... .... I can get you private lessons. It is Seoul. There is gold in them there hills." Sang Huin laughed. He felt at home within this American Hillbill... ... for him as one might find errands for schoolboys. There wasn't gold in the hills but there was plenty of silver and paper to come into such wealthy ... ...ove under the sun without projecting a shadow. She wondered if by finding a mission in life for the benefit of herself and others in the hope of maki... ...g private lessons to children he didn't particularly care for, his days were missionless clutter that exhausted what little extroverted characteristic... ...he pesty fly that was as pesty as Mormon flies (those sententious dragon fly missionaries who had knocked on her door earlier that week--Nauvoo, Illin... ...d abandoned to go back to her son in New York State. She spent a few days in Los Angeles and a few more in San Diego. Then she pushed the rotating ga... ...andoned to go back to her son in New York State. She spent a few days in Los Angeles and a few more in San Diego. Then she pushed the rotating gate i...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...he Canadian constitutional crisis; about Wayne Gretzky being traded to the Los Angeles Kings; and about music. Lacey 52 SUSAN BRACKEN was enthralled ... ...anadian constitutional crisis; about Wayne Gretzky being traded to the Los Angeles Kings; and about music. Lacey 52 SUSAN BRACKEN was enthralled by h... ...mpenfelt Bay, stretching as far as the eye could see. Buildings nestled on hillsides rimming the bay and streets ran up from the water- front, disappe... ...milar to that on the U.S. side, but the streets and shops crowded onto the hillsides and in the town center were very different. Shops were small and ... ... type closures. Traffic was heavy and the heat shim- mered off the reddish hills and narrow streets. Incredulous, Jana noticed a donkey pulling a cart... ...ngers. The sound, and the full bus, made Lacey less apprehensive about her mission. The bus entered the Ensenada town limits and soon slowed. “Ladies ...

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An Apostate: Nawin of Thais

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...ith the perspective from the forehead looking onto the dark, leaning moled hills, and blemished declivity of her face; "A Conversation on Surrogate Mo... ...ad he been able to raise them to their full potential he would have been a missionary with a mission instead of the sordid, missionless man that he wa... ...d he think of himself as old and then he was not merely old but old as the hills and with so many memories to be excavated therein. It was merely feel... ... only a god would tolerate such torturous but exquisite enlightenment. His mission, the purpose of His trip, was to further Himself as deity by no lon... ... second set of x- rays and a second opinion from an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles or elsewhere. A second set of x-rays was rarely taken in Thaila... ...ond set of x- rays and a second opinion from an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles or elsewhere. A second set of x-rays was rarely taken in Thailand, ...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills. Main Street is the climax of civilization. That this Ford car might ... ...treet fervesced anew—over the Student Volunteers, who in- tended to become missionaries, over painting scenery for the dramatic club, over soliciting ... ...er steamers wrecked on sand-reefs sixty years ago. Along the decks she saw missionaries, gamblers in tall pot hats, and Dakota chiefs with scarlet bla... ...cliffs across the river Carol and Kennicott looked back at St. Paul on its hills; an imperial sweep from the dome of the cathedral to the dome of the ... ...eighty years ago—Maine lumbermen, York traders, soldiers from the Maryland hills. “It’s a good country, and I’m proud of it. Let’s make it all that th... ... Chet Dashaway sold his furniture and undertaking business and wandered to Los Angeles, where, the Dauntless reported, “Our good friend Chester has ac... ...ad, and many of them lis- 340 Main Street tening to these sneaking Mormon missionaries—and I actually heard one of them talking right out on a street... ...ifornia. Juanita—you know the Coast so well—tell me: would you start in at Los Angeles or San Francisco, and what are the best hotels?” The Jolly Seve... ... “No! I want to get as far away as I can as soon as I can. Let’s wait till Los Angeles.” “Sure, sure! Just as you like. Cheer up! We’re going to have ...

...y would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

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The Octopus a Story of California

By: Frank Norris

...n south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muertos, Presley was sud- denly aware of the faint and prolonged blowin... ...nt where what was known as the Lower Road struck off through the Rancho de Los Muertos, leading on to Guadalajara, he came upon one of the county wate... ...mbering a forgotten argument. He waved an arm. “Ach, der pipe-line bei der Mission Greek, und der waater-hole for dose cettles. Say, he doand doo ut h... ...s land, division No. I, or, as it was called, the Home ranch, of the great Los Muertos Rancho. The road was better here, the dust laid after the passa... ...e can only put the rates back at what they originally were before the com- missioners made the cut, and it is so ordered.’ That’s our friend S. Behrma... ...bjective point was the spring at the headwaters of Broderson Creek, in the hills on the eastern side of the Quien Sabe ranch. The trail afforded him a... ... one whereon the wheat had been successful, no doubt because of the Little Mission Creek that ran through it. But he no longer occupied himself with t... ...looked forward to spending nearly the whole day on the crest of the wooded hills in the northern corner of the Quien Sabe ranch, read- ing, idling, sm... ... Creek was marked by a curved line of grey-green willows, while on the low hills to the north, as Presley advanced, the ancient Mission of San Juan de...

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Captains Courageous a Story of the Grand Banks

By: Rudyard Kipling

...er and shipping. Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Angeles; owns half a dozen railroads, half the lumber on the Pacific sl... ...nd shipping. Built one place at San Diego, the old man has; another at Los Angeles; owns half a dozen railroads, half the lumber on the Pacific slope,... ...ll on the top of the sea, for it was running round him in silver- coloured hills, and he was lying on a pile of half-dead fish, looking at a broad hum... ... or mercy , and flung up the schooner to crown one peak of a thousand gray hills, while the wind hooted through her rigging as she zigzagged down the ... ...ester? She’ s a daisy , ef she is a toothpick.” “What do they cost, Dan?” “Hills o’ dollars. Fifteen thousand, p’haps; more, mebbe. There’ s gold-leaf... ... mainly agricultural; for, though he read “Josephus” and expounded it, his mission in life was to prove the value of green manures, and specially of c... ...st,” said Tom Platt, playing up to the lead. “He used to bum araound the c’mission houses to Boston lookin’ fer the Lord to make him captain of a tow-... ...s Kinzey’ s white fingers called up the Continent of America. “K. H. Wade, Los Angeles The ‘Constance’ is at Los Angeles, isn’t she, Miss Kinzey?” “Y ... ...ughing over the keys. Then Milsom laughed too, for the frantic clicks from Los Angeles ran: “We want to know why-why-why? General uneasiness developed...

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Mcteague : A Story of San Francisco

By: Frank Norris

...said Trina, looking across the bay to where the city piled itself upon its hills. “So do I,” answered McTeague. “Do you like it better than living ove... ...ody named Oelbermann? That’s my uncle. He has a wholesale toy store in the Mission. They say he’s awful rich.” “No, I don’ know him.” “His stepdaughte... ...waters of the bay, be- yond Goat Island, lay San Francisco, a blue line of hills, rugged with roofs and spires. Far to the westward opened the Golden ... ...s. Far to the westward opened the Golden Gate, a bleak cutting in the sand-hills, through which one caught a glimpse of the open Pacific. The station ... ...ed, re- membering the rich relative who had the wholesale toy store in the Mission. Mr. Sieppe struck his hand to his forehead. “Ah, an idea,” he crie... ...ving bought a third interest in an upholstering business in the suburbs of Los Angeles. It was possible that Marcus Schouler would go with them. Not S... ... bought a third interest in an upholstering business in the suburbs of Los Angeles. It was possible that Marcus Schouler would go with them. Not Stanl... ...th the absolute final surrender of herself, the irrevocable, ultimate sub- mission, had come an affection the like of which she had never dreamed in t...

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Babbitt

By: Sinclair Lewis

...an towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquill... ...scaped, the girl fleet beside him, and they crouched together on a shadowy hillside. She was so slim, so white, so eager! She cried that he was gay an... ...sa River with its strangely eroded banks; of the orchard-dappled Tonawanda Hills to the North, and all the fat dairy land and big barns and com- forta... ... Athletic Club was Gothic, the washroom Roman Imperial, the lounge Spanish Mission, and the reading-room in Chinese Chippendale, but the gem of the cl... ...Atlanta with Hartford, Rochester with Denver, Milwaukee with Indianapolis, Los Angeles with Scranton, Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon. A good l... ...nta with Hartford, Rochester with Denver, Milwaukee with Indianapolis, Los Angeles with Scranton, Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon. A good live ... ...but a bar. It had a nursery, a Thursday evening supper with a short bright missionary lecture after- ward, a gymnasium, a fortnightly motion-picture s... ...one other thing I’d like to do. I’ll tell the owner not to pay us the com- mission but apply it to your rent. No! Straight! I want to. To be frank, th...

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Laurel Canyon : The 1960s Counter Culture: The 1960s Counter Culture

By: David McGowan; Jeffrey J. Prager, Co-Author

...nwhile ... our story begins ... Elsewhere in the world in those early months of 1965, a new ‘scene’ is just beginning to take shape in the city of Los Angeles. In a geographically and socially isolated community known as Laurel Canyon – a heavily wooded, rustic, serene, yet vaguely ominous slice of LA nestled in the hills that separate the Los Angeles basin from the San...

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Two Years before the Mast, And Twenty-Four Years After: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana

... the awakening hum of men, and the glancing of the first beams upon trees, hills, spires, and house tops, to give it life and spirit. But though the... ...ched; a piece of the sandal wood I obtained, and learned that it grew on the hills in the centre of the island. - 22 - Two Years Before the Mast Richa... ...streams running through every valley, and leaping down from the sides of the hills. One stream of considerable size flows through the centre of the l... ...theaster; the other is high, bold, and well wooded, and, we were told, has a mission upon it, called St. Buenaventura, from which the point is named.... ... middle of this crescent, directly opposite the anchoring ground, lie the mission and town of Santa Barbara, on a low, flat plain, but little above... ... mountains, which slant off to the distance of fifteen or twenty miles. The mission stands a little back of the town, and is a large building, or ra... ... before going down to the beach. Several people were soon collected to see ‘‘los Ingles marineros,’’ and one of them—a young woman—took a great fancy ... ...ement of the bystanders, who cried out, ‘‘Bravo!’’ ‘‘Otra vez!’’ and ‘‘Vivan los marineros!’’ but the dancing did not become general, as the women and... ...ego, including the mission of the same, San Juan Capestrano, the Pueblo de los Angelos, the largest town in California, with the neighboring missi...

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To Build a Fire : And Other Stories

By: Jack London

...he law; on his own head be the death of him that breaks it. We have passed the Hills of Silence, and we now travel the head reaches of the Stuart. It ... ...must have come far. He was badly travel worn when he got food from the Swedish missionary on Golovin Bay and asked the way south. We heard of this aft... ...own father on an upper reach of the Klondike one winter, the winter before the missionary came with his talk books and his box of medicines. Many a ti... ...drew off and went on to Fort Pierre. Then we took east, the girl and I, to the hills and forests, and we lived one with the other, and we were not mar... ... the camp outfit. Stockard followed him. “Look here,” he demanded, plucking the missionary by the shoul The God of His Fathers 107 der and twirling h... ... postures, and remembered the girl who had shared his star roofed couch in the hills and forests, and the woman child who lay somewhere by bleak Hudso... ...the others to give the first trust to Rivera. The line of communication between Los Angeles and Lower California had broken down. Three of the comrades... ...r own graves and been shot into them. Two more were United States prisoners in Los Angeles. Juan Alvarado, the Federal commander, was a monster. All t... ...in’ me to fight a deef mute.” When the laughter subsided, he made another hit. “Los Angeles must be on the dink when this is the best you can scare up....

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