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ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE Under

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A New Zealand town council announced last summer that it was charging more to bury large people. Explaining that the cost of over-sized graves at Poriruas Whenua Tapu cemetery would rise 30 percent, John Seddon, the councils chief executive, dismissed complaints from Pacific Islanders that the surcharge is. unfair because they tend to grow bigger than other people. • Last year the Australian government also declared it wants to bury famous Australians in a national cemetery, then use the cemetery as a tourist attraction. Canberra Tourism Minister Tony De Domenico commented, "I make no bones about the fact that that's going to be one of the results of such a memorial park."

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The Food and Drug Administration approved olestra for potato chips, crackers and other snack foods, but required Procter & Gamble to warn users that the fat substitute may cause abdominal cramping and loose stools. • Canada's health ministry informed Eskimos that dangerous pesticides carried to the Arctic from the Third World by wind and ocean currents have contaminated seal and whale blubber, making it unsafe to eat. But the ministry told the natives that they should continue eating it because,

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British police charged a 65year-old man with driving under the influence after he drove 50 mph the wrong way along a highway for 10 miles. He also had a wheel miss-

*0V from his car. He stopped only when police put a bed of spikes across the highway west of London to puncture his remaining tires, and his car ran into the back of a police car. • Maryland police reported that after James D. Padgette Jr., 35, turned into a parking lot to make a U-turn, his door came open and he fell out, then was run over by his car. He wasn't seriously hurt but reportedly tried to drive away in a car that looked like his but wasn't. The owner called police, who charged Padgette with driving while intoxicated. • El Paso County, Colorado, sheriffs deputies arrested Edward Neidrick, 34, on suspicion of driving under the influence after his

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The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals requested that the Malaysian news media carry "positive reports" about pythons. The group complained that after news of a 23-foot python killing and trying to swallow a 29-year-old rubber plantation worker in Johor state last September, Malaysians began indiscriminately killing any snakes they encoun^ tered. • In October, monsoon floods in Thailand drove pythons from their holes into city streets. During a three-week period, authorities captured almost 100 pythons around Bangkok, according to the director of the Dusit Zoo, Alongkorn Mahannop, who warned, "The big ones can eat people."

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After a concerted effort, CBS has succeeded in reaching a younger audience. The BJK&E Media Group reported the median age of the networks viewers dropped from 50 in 1994 to 49 in the last quarter of 1995. Its survey revealed, however, that the shift occurred not because the network is attracting new younger viewers but because it's losing

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People Who Need People To beat a restriction that taxis without passengers cannot enter Bangkok's Don Muang airport, cabbies hire people to pose as departing travelers. The Bangkok Post reported that some phony fares, mostly "jobless teenagers and a few middle-aged men," earn $12 to $16 a day for taking as many as 30 trips.

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Japan's Association of Alcoholic Beverage Retailers approved a measure requiring that the nation's 200,000 vending machines selling alcoholic beverages be replaced by models that require buyers to display identification cards to prove they are of legal age.

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A jamming device to deter mobile telephone users in the Italian parliament was turned off last summer after several lawmakers said they feared for their virility. The device, which uses microwaves to jam the phones, was installed earlier in the year when lower house floor leader Irene Pivetti complained of debates being interrupted by calls. "The rays could influence membranes in the brain and male virility," worried MP Pier Corrado Salino, 63. "I want to make the most of what I ' v e still got." •

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(Ed. note: Paula Routly watched the rough cut of Diamond Run, in the company of director David Giancola, before writing about it.) TRAGEDY N O T FUNNY Regarding your "News Quirks": I have previously enjoyed this page, and I think that you intend it to be amusing. But your February 14 edition had two news items about suicide, and one gruesome attempted child fratricide. Headlines made light of these incidents: "All in the Family," "Oops!" and "Shooting Her Mouth Off." This last incident was particularly tragic, involving a young woman's suicide by dynamite. "I can't imagine why your writer thought these items were funny, unless it was just an irresistible opportunity to write some clever headlines. Perhaps it is a reflection of our times that little feeling is shown about violence and personal tragedy. We must fight against this emotional numbness, and make an extra effort to respond to each other with caring. In our own community we have had many suicides, some of them among our children. We cannot afford to ignore the deep despair and loneliness which these people in our midst must feel; we risk losing them,

while becoming a culture in which there is only support for each life, in our media as well as in our interactions with each other. — Amy Handy Burlington TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL This Town Meeting Day, Burlington voters will have a rare chance to clearly tell a government body its priorities are wrong. The Burlington School Board wants to raise property taxes $348,000 each year for 10 years, mostly to buy computers, at the same time it plans to reduce the number of teachers. By rejecting the tech tax, voters can tell the Board, 'computers dont teach children; teachers do." Computer literacy is important, but so are many other things: art, music, drama, "the three R's," and more. Teachers can teach all of them, computer knowledge included. A good teacher, whose attention is not divided among too many kids, gives inspiration, guidance, values and knowledge. All the hardware in the world can't replace this human interaction. If we give our kids good teachers, we have given them the firmest possible foundation for later life, whatever it may bring. Would you teach carpentry by working closely with a carpenter, or by throwing open a toolbox and firing the carpenter? Filling our schools with quickly obsolescent things will not give our children a good education, if the teachers are too distracted by large classes and multiple duties to guide and inspire them. The computer industry would be happy to use our schools to generate profits and consumers. That's not what I send my kids to school for. I want them taught to think critically on the basis of a good understanding of the world, to have what a teacher can give them, so that they're never fooled by slick, high-tech sales pitches. This is the lesson the Burlington School Board missed in school. — Seth A. Steinzor Burlington I LIKE MIKE As City Councilor representing Ward 5, Michael Monte has been a force for building consensus and reducing partisan bickering on the Council. He has worked with the State legislators to try to get a better design for the Southern Connector, and he has brought experience and leadership to the planning for our waterfront. I will be voting for the re-election of Michael Monte as a powerful voice for Ward 5 and a much-needed moderating influence on the City Council. — Jim Rader Burlington

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Dear Cecil, I've got a question I hope you can answer quickly. Why is it that we associate the heart (the organ) with love, affection, relationships? I'm a writer at an ad agency and I'm working on a Valentine's Day card project. - Paul Schmelzer, via the Internet Damn, late again. Did you have a plan B or are you now on the suppository account? Folks around the world have regarded the heart as the seat of the soul and the center of the emotions since ancient times. Even the most primitive peoples surely noticed that the heart pounded during times of stress, whether from chasing game or pining for a beloved, and they also saw that if you took a spear through it you died. It was only natural to conclude that the heart was the home base of courage, love, the life essence and other good stuff. The Bible says, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul," and similar thoughts can be found in the sacred writings of many religions. By the 16th century B.C. the Egyptians had noticed that the heart was at the center of a network of blood vessels (actually they thought the little tubes were blood-spit-semen-and:Urine vessels, apparently never having investigated too closely), and no doubt this reinforced the source-of-life-and-being concept. Exactly what the heart did in connection with blood circulation remained unclear until the publication of William Harvey's work in 1628, but people have always known it was important. The real mystery is why the heart got all the glory and not the brain. Today most of us have the sense that our inner being lives behind our eyeballs, and while this is partly because we have the benefit of medical knowledge, given the concentration of sense organs in your head it's hard to understand how anybody could imagine that consciousness resided somewhere else. But some did. The ancient Egyptians thought the center of the intellect, memory, wisdom and so on was the heart. They attached no special importance to the brain and thought of it mainly as the source of mucus. (Maybe they spent a lot of time vacationing in the Ozarks.) Likewise some Taoist writings seem to equate heart and mind. Luckily the Greeks got things straightened out. The philosopher and physiologist Alcmaeon, a student of Pythagoras who lived around 500 B.C., declared that the brain was the center of the intellect, and mainstream Western thinkers generally followed his lead. Hot that anybody forgot about the heart. Instead, the familiar head-heart dichotomy developed, with the former being the intellectual HQ and the latter the home of the emotions and physical virtues such as bravery and endurance. The idea of the heart as the center of one's being retained its punch surprisingly late in the day. I'm reminded of Catholic veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - and I don't mean metaphorical heart. I mean one with Sacred Atriums and Sacred Ventricles, and I could swear as a kid in parochial school I saw one with a Sacred Aorta. The deluxe model came wrapped in a crown of thorns with drops of blood. Mrs. Adams wonders why I like horror movies. Babe, says I, the nuns started me young. QUESTIONS WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT Do snakes sneeze? - Emily Knotelling, via the Internet

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IT;Da' Fix Was In Plop, plop. Fizz, fizz. O h , what a relief it is! Last Friday, the Vermont Supreme Court released the decision that gets Judge Alden Bryan out from under the heel of a May 1995 Judicial Conduct Board (JCB) ruling that he had made "deceptive and misleading" statements in open court to a reporter (yours truly) in December 1993. At issue was a hearing Bryan moved out of the courtroom and into his office, out of sight of the nosy press. Deception's a no-no for a judge — higher standards and all. T h e JCB called for a "public reprimand," but the stakes were much higher here, folks. Alden Bryan's career was on the line. T h e JCB noted in its findings, "T he Board is concerned that this is the second time that Judge Bryan has been disciplined for not being truthful in a highly public matter." T h e first time occurred when he got caught lying to the jury about television coverage in the Todd Streich rape trial. A second black mark on his record could have meant curtains for Bryan. It would have been tough for the Supremes to merely apply another slap on the wrist. There are only two punishments more severe for Vermont black-robes who get nailed for violating the Canons of Judicial Conduct: suspension and early retirement. So Scaldin' Alden's colleagues on the bench rallied to his cause, both on and off the judicial playing field. Judge Matthew Katz filed an amicus brief with the high court on behalf of the Chittenden County Trial Judges. Judge Jim Crucitti did likewise under the flag of the Vermont Trial Judges Association. But it was the guy I met at the ballpark last summer who opened my eyes as to just how tight a spot Scaldin Alden was in. It was Saturday night, September 9, the final day of the playoffs. T h e Vermont Expos were facing the Watertown Indians. T h e Expos won the first game and forced a second one to determine the champion. It was a rainy, cold night, but they had to get the games in. I was sitting high up under the roof on the thirdbase side. My friends had gone to the john. I was alone when a big hulk of a guy with a baseball cap on his head and a beer in his hand plopped down beside me. It felt like he was sitting on me. He turned, leaned closer, looked me in the eye and said, "You don't want to ruin careers, do you, Peter?" W h a t the hell was this guy talking about? He looked familiar, but I couldn't place him right off. Hey, just another interesting encounter with a regular reader. Being a reporter means having to take some guff in public now and then — it goes with the territory. He repeated himself: "You don't want to ruin careers, Peter. It's not your style, is it?" I asked what the hell was he talking about. "Alden," he replied. H e mentioned that they went back a long way together, that they used to be law partners. Holy mackerel! I realized my new bosom buddy was a baseball fan and a black robe. "I don't want to ruin careers," I told him, and I asked him point-blank what he wanted from me. "Withdraw the complaint," he answered. "It's too late," I replied. " T h e Conduct Board has already ruled on it."

"You can still withdraw it," he insisted. "You don't want to ruin a career, do you?" End of conversation. Judge David Jenkins lifted himself up, walked down the steps and disappeared into the night. O u r chance encounter only confirmed what I'd been hearing from members of the bar — Alden Bryan's butt was on the line. As it turned out, I didn't have to withdraw my complaint. A specially-appointed panel of judges took care of it for me. Joining Associate Justice Denise Johnson on the panel were three of the good ol' boys: former Chief Justice Albert Barney, former Associate Justice Louis Peck and former Superior Court Judge Hilton Dier. Reading their decision to dismiss the complaint, one can't help but feel they had the conclusion ( W H A T EXACTLY WAS T H E D E C I S I O N CALLED?) in hand before they cooked up the intellectual jujitsu to justify it. Essentially this was a case of a judge keeping the public out of a hearing. Bryan achieved that goal by calling a recess and having the attorneys brought into chambers via the backstairs. When I sent in a handwritten note requesting admission, Alden put on the brakes. "Well, Peter Freyne wants to be in here so bad he can't stand it," said Bryan, according to the transcript. "I won't carry this conversation any further, because I don't want to fool with him. And I don't — this isn't the kind of thing we should be talking about in public," he told defense Attorney Jim Murdoch and two deputy states attorneys: Cindy Maguire and Margaret O'Rourke. When Bryan returned to the courtroom, yours truly called him on the fancy footwork. "May I ask the court? I believe that the court officer, Miss White, gave you a note of my request to sit in on the status conference.. .The officer was aware before the hearing of my desire to attend the status conference. I just would like to ask the Court why I was not admitted." In his reply, Bryan pretended he had no idea I wanted to attend until he received the note. "Well, the conference was just about over by the time I received your note," he said. "We only had two or three minutes of wind-up discussions..." T h e Conduct Board ruled that statement was dishonest. They suggested Bryan knew before the hearing took place that yours truly wanted to attend. They found Bryan's words, "did not live up to the standards of integrity required by the Canons of Judicial Conduct." But the Supremes helped Bryan wiggle out of this one. "We find troubling the Board's willingness in this case to recommend disciplinary sanctions based on this implication," they stated in the decision. What's really troubling is that in order to reach that conclusion they had to totally disregard Alden Bryan's sworn testimony at the Board's formal hearing. Under cross-examination by the JCB's lawyer, David Otterman, Alden admitted he knew when he looked down from the bench and saw yours truly in the second row that I was there to cover the hearing, because he knew I had covered the David McKeen trial. He knew there was no other newsworthy case on his two o'clock docket. It wasn't an "implication" the Judicial Conduct Board based its decision on. It was Alden Bryan's own testimony. The Supremes chose to ignore it.

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WRITE ON: T h e 20 best American writers under 40 years of age? The short list will be published by the literary journal Granta this spring. Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher helped pick the New England contenders with novelist Jayne Anne Phillips and Rosellen Brown. Thirty-five books later, "we did agree — almost to the author — the titles that we wanted to select," Mosher says. He was particularly impressed with Elizabeth McCracken and Stuart O ' N a n . None of the winners hails from Vermont "Patrick Buchanan is not the only one bringing a message of economic populism to working-class New Englanders," The New York Times & reported last Monday. Novelist Carolyn Chute —- who authored the gritty Beans of Egypt, Maine — is the de facto leader of a grassroots militia group that is taking aim at corporate greed. Literally. Chute has been hosting monthly meetings that urge fellow Mainiacs to take matters into r their own hands. T h e open invitation also suggests that folks come armed to take a "few plugs at our empty dog food can collection." Novel idea. •

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around me, I grabbed an armful of surprisingly weighty wedding gowns. I veered haphazardly towards a makeshift dressing

before our August ceremony, I'd venture downtown and pick out something funky to wear. Nothing big, nothing fancy, and certainly nothing white. Wedding plans, I quickly discovered, are never simple. By sheer coincidence, two weeks after I became engaged,

betrothal. "Every girl deserves to have her fantasy," crooned a saleswoman, guiding me towards the dresses in my size. "Not if she's never had one," I muttered, blinded by the sheer whiteness of it all. Mimicking the women

room and proceeded to undress. With the help of my friends, I struggled awkwardly into a gown stuffed with crinolines, lace and a weird thing called a bustle. "You can do the hustle in your bustle," my sister suggested. Heart pounding, palms

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"Yes I said yes I will yes," said John, quoting my favorite line from James Joyce's Ulysses. After a brief but tender kiss, we hightailed it off the mountain and down to the nearest tea shop. As we sat shivering in the cafe, slowly warmed by the sweetness of Earl Grey, John emptied onto the table the contents of his drenched backpack. Unbeknownst to me, he had been planning to pop the same question — accompanied by poetry, whiskey and a Walkman playing AJ Green's "Let's Get Married." By that time, of course, the question was moot: Bending down on one knee, John was probably the most self-confident suitor in history. After all, we'd both already said yes.

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pora. Excerpts from her latest music-theater piece, Sugar Tit, will be featured at the Flynn. "The African savannah merges with spirits from the Brazilian rainforest," the City Sun wrote of her songs celebrating "freedom from cultural isolation and oppression." Cultural oppression? Galstyle comic Reno knows them

well. "I don't have the same politics as the world," she offers from a hotel room in Chicago. "Speaking of which, how is Bernie?" Reno makes a living from her stream-of-consciousness. Her schtick is less Lily Tomlin than Lenny Bruce. "I come out and deal with whatever is on my mind," she explains. "And of course I find a way to bring up female genital mutilation every few minutes."

Suddenly, it's easy to imagine "Reno in Rage and Rehab" — her first H B O special filmed at P.S. 122. The second one fell through because she had a fight with her agent. The "streetwise Bette Midler" also blew her big chance with David Letterman. She got cancelled on "Late Night" for refusing to tell a preshow interviewer what she planned to spring on the host. "It's the story of my life," Reno says of the missed opportunity. Don't miss yours. • P . S . 122 F i e l d T r i p s , featuring Danny Hoch, Molissa Fenley, Tyne Giraud and Reno. At the Flynn Theatre, • Thursday, February 29, 8

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'EARLY ABENAKI CULTURE': Folks 10 to 14 explore pre-colonial Vermont culture with artifacts and hands-on games. Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $15. Register, 434-3068. STORY T I M E : Children of all ages hear stories at Kids Town, S. Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-2807. PARENTS A N O N Y M O U S : Terrible twos or teens? Get support for parenting while your kids play next door. Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014.

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d a n c e C O N T R A DANCE: Check out the dance tradition begun by fiddlerprompter Ed Larkin. Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228. C O N T A C T IMPROV: You need gravity — and guts — to participate in this weekly kinetic convergence. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674.

t h e a t e r 'P.S. 122 FIELD TRIPS': An avant-garde variety show features award-winning performance artists Danny Hoch and Reno, choreographer Molissa Fenley and Urban Bush Woman Tiye Giraud. See preview, this issue. Moore Theater, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $14.50. Info, 603-646-2422. 'ASSASSINS': Robin Fawcett directs this amusing Sondheim musical about successful and would-be presidential assassins. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. $9. Info, 656-2094. O P E N REHEARSAL: Watch the production of Lonely Planet evolve over the months. Big City Players rehearse at Burlington Square Mall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5884.

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k i d s M A G I C S H O W : The Great Congo dazzles folks over three. Fletcher Library, Burlington, 1-1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

e t c ' T H E DATING GAME': Attention bachelors and bachelorettes: This updated stage version of the old television show offers free food, cheap beer and lots of laughs. Club Metronome, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5684.

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k i d s P U P P E T MAKING: Carol Feierabend of Firerobin Puppets teaches kids over seven how to make a sock puppet. S. Burlington Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010. 'FANTASY SAND S C U L P T I N G ' : Learn about trolls, fairies and elves, then sculpt one out of magical sand. Children over six meet at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216.

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k i d s MAPLE S U G A R I N G : Folks seven to 12 learn about the origins of sugaring and choose a hands-on activity. Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 9-11:30 a.m. $10. Register, 434-3068. S O N G S & STORIES: Robert Resnik entertains at the Fletcher Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. M O E BETTER ^ Free. Info, 4 865 7216 B L U E S : Five * ' ' Guys Named Moe pay tribute to jazz legend Louis Jordan in an awardwinning musical presentation that bobs, boogies and rocks. Watch CBS them kick out the jams Friday at the Flynn Theatre.

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d a n c e C O N T R A DANCE: Spider Dave offers a guest performance at this all-ages contra dance. Northfield High School, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 485-7889.

t h e a t e r 'ASSASSINS': See February 28, $9.50. 'A P O R T R A I T O F LORRAINE HANSBERRY': See February 29. 'A TATTLE TALE': Character actress, oral historian and juggler Judith Sloan portrays the evolution of a young Southern woman from prison guard to civil rights activist. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10.50. Info, 603-646-2422.

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d a n c e BALLROOM DANCE: Fox trot, waltz, swing and samba on "the largest dance floor in town." S. Burlington Middle School, 8 p.m. $14 per couple. Info, 8620190.

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NAKED BRUNCH: Bostons gay improv comedy group serves up wild and spontaneous fun. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 658-7630. 11 x 10': Rachel Bissex, Steve Goldberg, Peter Burns and other local dramatic types go solo at Cafe No No, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-5066. A STORY'S A STORY*: Deborah Lubar portrays two immigrant women — an Italian Catholic and a Polish Jew — in a one-woman show at Wright Theatre, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 388-6433.

T O M DAVIS SIGNING: The Vermont author of The Duval Conspiracy signs and discusses his new political thriller. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 229-0774.

k i d s JON GAILMOR CONCERT: Celebrate the release of Childish Eyes — Gailmor's sixth album — at this "optimistic" family concert. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $1 plus a food shelf donation. Info, 244-7638. 'OWL PROWL': Bring warm clothes to this "night owl" search for families. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 68:30 p.m. $4/8. Register, 985-8738.

piano quartets of the classical repertoire. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 7:30 p.m. $12. Reservations, 603-298-7675. JOHN GORKA: The man Rolling Stone called "the pre-eminent singer-songwriter of the New Folk movement" plays two shows with Lucy Kaplansky. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 4 6 7 p.m. $16. Info, 295-5432.

t h e a t e r AUDITION: The Barre Players are looking for folks over eight who can carry a tune for a May production of Gypsy. Barre Opera House, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4047.

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'BACH T O BACH': Lois Price, Holly Thistle and Camille Brubaker combine musical forces for J.S. and C.P.E. Bach. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. RECORD & CD CONVENTION: New England dealers offer records, tapes and other music-related items. Holiday Inn, S. Burlington, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $1. Info. 862-5363. RUGGIERI CHAMBER SOLOISTS: The Ruggieris perform duos, trios and

GALLERY TALK: The creative life of Zelda Fitzgerald is the subject of a lecture by Vermont author Peter Kurth. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750.

e t c PROGRESSIVE CELEBRATION: Political comedy by Jimmy Tingle, music and dancing commemorate the historic mayoral victory of Bernie Sanders. The congressional re-election benefit happens at Club Metronome, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 862-1505. CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP: Outdoor types hike, snowshoe or ski through the Colchester Pond Wilderness. Meet at UVM Visitor Parking, Burlington, 8 a.m. Free. Register, 655-3071.

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DRUMMING CIRCLE: Percussionists of all skill levels play at Horn of the Moon Cafe, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 222-2895. OPEN REHEARSAL: Women bring their vocal chords to a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. Knights of Columbus Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

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k i d s WALDORF EDUCATION TALK: International speaker, educator and author Rene Querido explains how a Waldorf education prepares children for life. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 9852827. WINTER ECOLOGY: Folks seven to 12 track animals for signs of survival and preparations for spring. Green Mountain Audubon Nature Center, Huntington, 911:30 a.m. $10. Register, 434-3068. 'FUN OLYMPICS': Kids in grades one through eight all win in a day of snow volleyball, tag-team sledding, cooperative sculpture-building and indoor maskmaking. Wihakowi, Northfield, 8 a.m. 4 p.m. $25. Register, 485-4321. STORY TIMES: Children 18 months to three years old listen at 10:30 a.m., those three to five at 9:30 a.m., and kids over four get a chance at 3:30 p.m. S. Burlington Library. Free. Info, 658-9010.

e t c BUSINESS BREAKFAST: Entrepreneurs share ideas over coffee. Cafe No No, Burlington, 7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-1208.

INTERNATIONAL CLUB FASHION SHOW: A semi-formal party features UVM students showing off local duds. Parima Restaurant, Burlington, 10 p.m. 3 a.m. $5. Info, 656-4296. CAMERA CLUB: Bring six slides to submit to a photography competition. Delahanty Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6485. 'TOWARDS T H E WORLD CITY?': An expert on transportation and the employment of low-wage women workers discusses "Gender, Restructuring and Spatial Conflicts in Toronto." 301 Williams Hall, UVM, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2087. ASTRONOMY MEETING: Want to learn more about the night sky? Star gazer Frank Pakulski leads a video visit to the Morrison Planetarium. 413 Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3269. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually-related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington,

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f i l m WOMEN'S FILM SERIES: Tonight features The Life and Times ofRosie the Riveter, about women factory workers during World War II. 113 St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535.

w o r d s DAVID HUDDLE READING: The Vermont poet and essayist reads a new short story. Hauke Dining Room, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info. 860-2700 ext. 2544. WRITERS WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths of all persuasions are invited to this weekly gathering. Cafe No No, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-5066.

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IROQUOIS SONG & DANCE: Akwesasne singers perform traditional Iroquois songs and dance. LivingLearning Fireplace Lounge, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6564296.

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2,3,16 & 17, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Woodbury College, Montpelier. $750. Register, 229-0516. An advanced workshop allows time to learn andpractice key skills. :

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MEDITATION IN MOVEMENT & MUSIC: Tuesdays through March 20, 7-9 p.m. All Saints Church, S. Burlington. Free. Register, 658-2447. A study circle focuses on the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic. VIPAASSANA MEDITATION: Sundays, 10-10:50 a.m. Burlington Yoga Studio, Burlington. Free. Info. 658-YOGA. Bill Petrow guides the meditation. MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Non-sectarian and Ttbetan Buddhist practices are tauglit,

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CAREER DECISION MAKING: Friday, March 1, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, Winooski. Free. Register, 655-9602. Confused about your career direction? Clarify your interests and goals.

tai chi TAI CHI: Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. & 8-9 p.m. Food For Thought, Stowe, $10. Info, 253-4733. John DtCarlo leads an ongoing class.

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MODERN/JAZZ: Beginners, Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. Slow-intermediate, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Intermediate-advanced, Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Info. 985-5216. Jane Selzer leads ongoing classes.

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WOODWORKING: Spring classes at The Wood School, Burlington. Register, 864-4454. Cabinetmaker and chairwright Timothy Clark teaches skills while you build a Windsor chair, Shaker bench, doublebladed canoe paddle or wooden hay fork.

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SPANISH: Seven weeks of Mondays & Wednesdays starting March 11. Beginners, noon - 1 p.m.; Intermediates, 4:30-5:40 p.m.. Escuela Latina, Burlington. $225. Register, 865-3047. Conversational Spanish is taught to six students at a time.

yoga YOGA: Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio, 174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Beginners can start anytime. Classes are offered in Iyengar, Kripalu, Bikram and Kundalini styles. YOGA: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8 a.m. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Food for Thought, Stowe. $6. Info, 253-4733. Kate Graves leads an ongoing class.

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'ASSASSINS': See February 28. OPEN REHEARSAL: See February 28. 'WEST W I T H T H E NIGHT': Kathryn Blume is Beryl Markham, daredevil record-setting pilot. Northern Stage presents the one-woman play at Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966,

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Union Leader,. sometimes known as the "Onion Loader," and they totally discombobulated Senator Muskie. Acting on his own, and oblivious to the advice of others, Muskie rented a flatbed truck and shook his fist — with tears in his eyes — at the Union Leader building. Although Muskie won a plurality of the votes in the primary, his candidacy was mortally wounded by this unmanly "weakness." The undermining of the Muskie candidacy set the "New England Primary" into motion. New Hampshire state law requires that it have the first-inthe-nation primary regardless of when other states vote, but moderate and liberals of both parties hoped that with the other five New England states voting on a common primary day that New Hampshire's — and the Union Leader's — enormous impact could be muffled.

primaries — those, that is, in states without party registration. This was what led to the caucus In 1991, President George system and its disconnection Bush was on a war-time popufrom the primaries. But the larity high, and the wise men of 1996 primary will have a "recordation" provision, N e w Hampshire Vermont obliging Verm-ont votWinner % B B B a e f % ers to indicate a party Democratic Carter 28.4 Carter 42.2 1976 +13.8 label next to their Republican Ford 49.4 Ford 84.0 +34.6 name — which will 1980 Carter Carter Democratic +26.0 47.1 73.1 identify the party ballot Republican Reagan 49.6 Reagan 30.1 -19.5 they have chosen. 1984 Democratic Hart Hart 70.0 37.3 +32.7 Republican Reagan 86.1 Reagan 98.7 + 12.6 Recordation was a leg1988 Democratic Dukakis 35.8 Dukakis +20.8 islative compromise Republican Bush Bush 37.6 +11.9 49.5 between Verm-ont's tradition of nonAverage Vermont inflation: Democrats +23.3 pts Republicans +9.9 pts. mandatory party affiliBoth parties +16.6 pts ation and the national Democrats who have Chart 1 pushed for a primary Vermont voters participated in Montpelier decided that a presithat means something. eight presidential preference pri- dential preference primary was It's a relatively painless step, maries — four Republican and unnecessary because Bush but for those long used to four Democratic (see Chart 1). would be the GOP choice and Vermont's lack of party registraIn each case, Vermont voters, the Democratic one would be tion, it will likely diminish rather than countering New irrelevant. Besides which, the interest in the presidential priHampshire, echoed its results. state would save $30,000. The mary process. Some voters — In seven out of fact that the March "beauty the "Republicans for a day," for eight cases, Vermont's contest" primaries regularly instance — will surely not want victory percentages for drew more voters than to have that "R" next to their New Hampshire's priSeptember's statewide candiname on voter registration lists. mary winners exceeded date-selection primaries So Vermont's new system of the figures from across didn't seem to matter. recordation is likely to elimithe river. Only Ronald nate the crossover vote, Reagan in 1980 failed ut the Vermont and thus to diminish to amplify his New primary is back turnout. Echoing Hampshire showing in — with a differNew Hampshire Vermont. Reagan-style ence. The national will end. And if Pat By G a r r i s o n N e l s o n Republicans have not Democratic party has Buchanan wins fared well in Vermont always been fearful of Vermont, my crystal Republican interlopers State Senator William Doyle — ask John McLaughry. ball will be in their primaries, so of Montpelier led the charge in returned to But even though the they have generally Vermont, and the State Governor Democratic primary voters restricted the choices of Legislature adopted a Town Dean. • amplified the New Hampshire those states with "open" Meeting day "beauty contest" choice by an average of 23.3 primary with no delegates points, Vermont's Democratic Year Candidates Primary % selected. Later in the spring, the caucuses ignored the primaries. 3 * 9 7 6 Carter 42.2 real delegates would be chosen. Among the beneficiaries of the Udail , ||§§| | Only Massachusetts joined disconnection between the priBrown^.,. Vermont in the voting that day maries and the caucuses was Ted 1980 Carter 73.1 in 1976 when Jimmy Carter, Kennedy. In 1980, he got only >' V . Kennedy M 25.5 1 1 ® the former governor of Georgia, 26 percent of the primary vote, 8 carried Vermont against such but ended up with a clear edge 20.0 5^31. lilill low-level opponents as Fred among the convention delegates i l f i f ® k s o n : - ; ; .7:a Harris and Sargent Shriver. The 1988| (see Chart 2). And Jesse Dukakis 56 8 45.01 1 , Jacfcon W*. ; ; victory helped take the sting out Jackson, who benefitted from 1 ' H a r S i If 4.1 of Carter's fourth-place showing the organizational skills of the in Massachusetts, but the Progressive Coalition, regularly.

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primary simply by declaring themselves Republicans for a day, it's conceivable that some liberals and Progressives will vote for Buchanan solely in order to deepen the dilemma vexing conservatives. Then there's the fact that primary elections, including Vermont's, often serve as an outlet for protests. Jesse Jackson's strong showing in the state's 1988 Democratic contest might be seen as a harbinger of a Buchanan upwelling this year. "Remember," says Peter

vision. Alexander's chances look good to John McLaughry, a leader of the Vermont party's libertarian wing and a Steve Forbes backer. "Right now," he says, "I think Alexander will take Vermont." Forbes himself may yet prove attractive to some state Republicans. "It would be foolish of me to say he'll win," acknowledges Forbes organizer Dennis Myrick of St. Johnsbury, "but I do think he'll get support from the civil liberties-type conservatives in the state." Forbes could score among Vermonters of the "leave me alone, get out of my life" mindset, Myrick says. Kelly Not to be dismissed - not yet, anyway — is Richard Lugar, the Indiana senator who so far hasn't been more than a blip on the polling graphs. Lugar plans to throw whatever he's got into the March 5 round of New England primaries, including Vermont's. He'll be spending at least three days in the state, says Lugar organizer Pam Hudson. The retired Essex Junction schoolteacher knew Lugar in college. "He's by far the most honest and experienced candidate," she says. Hudson foresees a big Vermont vote for Lugar, noting, "It wouldn't be the first time this state has gone against all the others." If Dole, Alexander, Forbes and Lugar do compete mainly for the economic-conservative vote, that will leave Buchanan with a virtual lock on the socialissue right-wingers. Under those circumstances, a 30 percent tally by any of the contenders could be enough to win all 12 of Vermont's Republican convention delegates. "Pat starts with a base of about 20 percent wherever he goes," says Laitres, a former Brattleboro-area resident who moved to Keene, New Hampshire, a few months ago. Laitres worked for Buchanan in the New Hampshire primary and, because of his lifelong ties to Vermont, has been assigned the task of helping establish an in-state presence for the former pundit. "The Right to Life movement alone claims 20,000 members in Vermont," notes Laitres. "Second Amendment supporters are pretty strong, too, and Pat's identified as most solidly in support of gun owners' rights." But anti-abortion activists in the state have yet to unite around a single standard-bearer, says Michele Morin, head of the Vermont Right to Life political action committee.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This weeks horoscope is classified 10 levels above top secret. I wish I could spill it in its glorious entirety, but if I did you'd instandy grow stronger and smarter than everyone you know — and I don't think you're ready to handle diat You know that old saying: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Here's the only clue I'm at liberty to reveal: The secret you're most ashamed of just happens to be the key to getting the love you've been missing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This week is about dealing with your fallibility, your mortality and your unredeemed darkness — if you're brave. But if you're cowardly, this week will be about clinging to your false pride, rationalizing your wrong turns, and running away from the tests your guardian angel desperately wants you to negotiate. I guess it's possible you'll figure out a way to skulk down the middle padi: irresolute waffling, noncommittal paralysis and clever cynicism. Unless you choose the courageous way out, though, next weeks horoscope will be exacdy the same as diis one.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): February 29 is rarer and weirder by far dian Friday die 13th, yet bears little of its superstitious taint. In fact, Leap Year Day has historically been regarded as a special window of opportunity during which women could buck the cultural tradition and propose marriage to men. Calendar expert James Koehnline even goes so far as to suggest that we dub this holiday "Reverse Chivalry Day." Now it so happens that this whole week is an excellent astrological time for you Virgos to turn all sorts of tables and flip all kinds of flops, so I recommend that you celebrate Leap Year Day every day.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There must have been, more dian 2000 years ago, a magic moment when a burst of inspiration seared through the mind of the emperor Shih Huang-ti, giving him die idea to create die Great Wall of China. Try to imagine, Gemini, that someday there'll come an analogous moment in your own life. And dien dare to hope that diis moment will arrive in die next 10 days. Picture a cosmic opening during which you will glimpse the outlines of a magnificent project that'll motivate you for years to come.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Until the 19th century, scientists trumpeted the dogma that meteorites were a myth. It was not possible for rocks to fall from die skies, the experts asserted, and therefore they didn't — even when ordinary folks reported dieydid. Likewise, scientists refused to believe in dinosaurs until the 19th century, despite the fact that what we now call fossils had been found in the earth for all of recorded history. If you surmise I'm drawing a parallel to the way scientists now treat UFOs, you're right. But I'm also asking you Scorpios to prevent your oh-sorational mind from squelching the curious magic diat's erupting in your own personal life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Cabin fever. Have you got it? If not, get it. Now! You hear me? You have no right to be out gallivanting around to every human zoo in town. So go home. Bake some damn cookies or something. Write in your journal. Find out why the planets are beaming so many hunker-down vibes down on you. You need a nap, homeboys and homegirls. Two, three, many naps. You need to, I don't know, crochet in front of the TV while soaking your feet in epsom salts. You need to play board games until you're so bored you find out what you've been avoiding. Or something. Go homd CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Since the planets have primed you to be a superlearner in the next few weeks, you ought to take advantage. You're going to digest mounds of data at a high rate of speed, so you might as well be very discriminating about what kind of data you put on your plate. I mean, do you want to come out of this phase being an expert on, say, Headier Locklear s health and beauty secrets? Or would you rather double your understanding about a subject that'll make you a sexier, more-highly-paid human dynamo? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Decide which of the two classified ads below appeals to you most, and treat it as a metaphor for the task you have ahead of you. 1) "Drab, unimaginative company seeks talendess people with no ambitions for a job that performs no useless service for anyone. Interested in wasting your time while drifting aimlessly through life?" (2) "High-octane organization that understands how to play wliile working and work while playing seeks resdess souls for a job diat's rarely boring. Interested in having the privilege and responsibility of reinventing yourself continuously?" PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): National Geographic recently reported on a 101-year-old plant living at a botanical garden in Oxford, England. Though this specimen of Agave femxrhad grown six feet tall since its birth in 1894, it had never once bloomed — until recendy. On a fateful December day in 1994, die greenhouse temperature accidentally exceeded 68 degrees, and in the next two weeks the plant doubled its height. In May, it burst out in flowers for the first time ever. This very true fairy tale is my gift to you this week, Pisces. It reminds me so much of the way a long-dormant part of you is finally blossoming. O © Copyright 1996

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CITY HAL L * * Al Pacino's a big-city mayor, John Cusack's his loyal, idealistic aide. When scandal knocks on the door, the two have different ideas about how to answer it. Sumptuous, but predictable and borderline silly in places. BEFORE AND A F T E R * * * * Meryl Streep takes another trip to thriller country with this drama about a small-town doctor whose life is turned upside down when her teenage son's accused of murdering his girlfriend and then disappears. Turns out he was invited to New York to be a guest on "The Ricki Lake Show." Just kidding. Liam Neeson co-stars. RUMBLE IN THE B R O N X * * * Hong Kong action legend Jackie Chan stars here as a cop who travels to New York for a wedding and vows to save a beautiful woman he meets there from a gang of bikers who are bothering her in a big way. UNFORGETTABLE * * Linda Fiorentino is reteamed with Last Seduction director John Dahl for the sci-fi story of a scientist who invents the means to transfer one person's memories into another person's mind. Ray Liotta co-stars as a widower on the trail of his wife's killer. Intriguing premise. But formulaic writing makes this one less than memorable. MR . WRONG** Ellen DeGeneres takes her act to the big screen with this one-joke twist on the whole crazy stranger genre. Bill While You Were Sleeping (and I was) Pullman plays her bad date. Wisely, DeGeneres didn't quit diat day job. HAPPY GILMORE** The first of the year's upcoming glut of golf movies, the latest from SNLs Adam Sandler concerns a loveable putz (get it?) who turns out to be a genius on the links. MUPPET TREASURE I S L A N D * * * A warm and literally fuzzy adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, with Tim Curry as Long John Silver. Directed by Jim Henson's son Brian. MAN WITH A P L A N * * * * Vermont filmmaker John {Vermont is For Lovers) O'Brien's latest effort features an actual dairy farmer named Fred Turtle who, finding himself unable to pay his taxes, decides on a new career: Congressman. A wonderfully whimsical mix of fact and fiction. DEAD MAN WALKING*** Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon star in die true story of a nun and the serial killer she comes to know and care for on death row. From Bob Roberts director Tim Robbins. BROKEN ARROW* John Travolta goes ballistic in this story of a jet pilot (Christian Slater) who tries to save the world when his old buddy snaps and hijacks a nuclear warhead. So lame you'll wish the theater had ejector seats. LEAVING LAS V E G A S * * * After a series of embarrassing bonehead comedies, Nicolas Cage has evidently decided to regroup and shore up his reputation as an intense dramatic actor. W h a t better than this bleak tale of the relationship shared by an abused call girl (Elisabeth Shue) and a suicidal alcoholic to get that process started? Cage won a Golden Globe for his performance.

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John Malkovich gives a performance of impressive CROWD John Malkovich tries to have restraint and power as the ailing physician who, trying , ... . . . . J .. . c J r LII -J N employee "relations withJ Julia Roberts. r J to rind a cure for his malady, accidentally concocts a formula with addictive, transforming properties. As interpreted by Frears, the change isn't so much from good to evil as from leashed to unleashed — from control to a state of heightened, unchecked appetite. A hunger that extends beyond the pleasures of the flesh to the intoxication of blood. Of course, it would be difficult to keep a figure like Hyde from being interesting. The real achievement in Mary Reilly is with the title character. As conceived by Martin, scripted by Christopher Hampton and evocatively brought to life by Roberts, Mary is the product of what we would call a dysfunctional family — in Stevenson's time it would have been called horror. Monstrosity. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this understated production, so entrancing on many levels, is the psychology of this character, the parallels between the cruelties inflicted on her by a father whom "drink made a different man" and those inflicted upon an unsuspecting city by the transmogrified Mr. Hyde. Through the limitless London fog you can almost hear Oprah warning Roberts that the attraction she feels toward her boss is really a self-destructive product of her unresolved feelings for her father. The picture fires on all pistons: the art direction is dreamlike, Hampton's dialogue is 95 percent clunkerfree, the acting's first rate — even the normaH^bnnecessary Glenn Close makes remarkable a marginal part. But most exemplary is Frears' direction. His shrewdly economical use of violent imagery and special effects offers definitive proof that less can be unncrvingly mon;. A horror film as ambient and unconventional in its own way as Eraserhead or Picnic at Hanging Rock, Mary Reilly eschews run-of-the-mill chills, giving viewers inste.ad that rarest thrill: the feeling of seeing something for the first time. With source material a full century old, that's a fairly nifty trick.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Michelle Pfeiffer's a novice T V reporter, Robert Redford a veteran producer. Together they make beautiful news coverage in the latest from Fried Green Tomatoes director Jon Avnet. DOWN P E R I S C O P E M*A *S*H meets "McHale's Navy" in this comedy about an irreverent officer assigned to a rusted-out joke of a submarine. Major League's David Ward is at the helm. THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN From French filmmakers Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro (Delicatessen) comes a phantasmagorical tale of a mad scientist, children who dream, and a half-witted circus strongman. See review this issue, page 21.

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"Poopets" in cute animal shapes, organic cotton bedding, towels and pillows, a miniature, tranquility-inducing "water garden," placemats made of twigs, and Draft-Dodgers — those snakelike things you line up against the crack at the bottom of the door. And don't forget the recyled-map gift wrap. Enterprising couples simply tailor their registries to match their needs and lifestyles — one Burlington bride asked for, and

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STARKSBORO t o EXIT 16. I heard those ads on the radio and it makes sense to me to carpool. I see the same cars going my way every day but I don't know who you are. Let's see if we can carpool! ISiS will (1975)

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WOMEN SEEKING MEN PASSIONATE WOMAN: 40s, non-smoker, progressive, healthy, honest, secure, cultured, smart and interesting. Loves music, dance, books and nature. Looking for a vibrant, loving, sensitive man. (40s-50s) for deep friendship, romance. 64039. WAVY, LONG, DARK HAIR. WOOVY: Sparks fly off my fingertips. Don't be afraid fo this witchy woman. Seeks eager mortal who's not afraid to ride on the wild side. 64462 WINTER FUN PLAYMATE WANTED: Tall, 47-59, n/s. Let's explore snow, slopes, skiing & snowshoeing, followed by hot drinks & a warm, toasty fireplace. Downhill/cross-country, your choice! 64037 STRIKING, TALL, 37, capable, active, interested in details and big picture. Ready for deep-thinking, lighthearted, loving partner to help expand my horizons. Central Vermont. 64034 DWF ARTIST WITH DAY JOB wishes to meet soulful M, 45-55 who appreciates music, workshops, family and balancing acts. Send photo. 64033 DWF, YOUNG MIDDLE-AGE PETITE WOMAN. My interests are exercising, auctions, traveling, outdoors, music, art, antiques, animals. Seeking someone to share his interest and mine together. 64035 OUTGOING SPF SEEKING SWM, 2532, well built athlete, dresses nice. Good personality for some good times. 64041 INTELLIGENT ENGAGING, ATTRACTIVE, CREATIVE. White baseball hats need not apply! Me - down to earth, brilliant, imaginative, contradictory, attractive. 64042 I HAVE GREAT SENSES; TOUCH IS IMPORTANT and kindness too. Picky about looks, and attitudes must be aligned. No macho men; that will be fine. For my creative lines! 641 1 8 I WANT a real man. 64044 WOMAN SEEKING passion. 64046 TAKE NOTICE!! Unusual, dynamic - my life till now. SWNSF, Mediterranean appearance, musical, earthy and cerebral. Saying more would kill the mystery. Feminist men (40s-50s) please reply. 64047 WINGS WOMAN SEEKS HOME IMPROVEMENT MAN for Mad About You future with Northern Exposure quality. No Frasiers: Laroquettes okay. Think Farrah Fawcett. (PS, I hate TV) 64048 SWF, 26, SEEKING TALL SWPM, 25-33. Enjoy rollerblading, aerobics, movies and dining out. What about you? 64049SWF 35, ATTRACTIVE JNTELLIGENT, CREATIVE, secure, funny seeks truly goodlooking, tall, intelligent, $secure, fit, funny, friendly, sexy, happy, flexible, honest, creative, understanding male. 64068 ATTRACTIVE, SENSUAL N/S 27 YO WOMAN WRITER seeks TALL, dark, handsome man, 27-38. Long hair, foreigners, bassists good. No wives, chain smokers. 64069

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5'10" SWF BLACK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, 140 lbs. likes dancing, scuba diving,volleyball. Seeks M, 25-40 sincere, financially secure & humorous. 64085 LOOKING FOR A MAN TO TAME the sex kitten in me. I'm wild and crazy but nice and sweet. 64086 SEEKING WITTY, ROMANTIC, POETIC AND INTELLECTUAL M . Must be sensual and have NO FEAR - must love cats. 64087 SWPF, 24, INTERESTED IN too many things, (indoor + outdoor) seeking similar in fun, educated SWPM, 25-30, NS. 64088 I SEARCH THE SKIES FOR YOUR EYES. When you reach me I'll listen while you teach me. There's a place above for our love. 64089 WARM AND GENEROUS, HEART FUELED BY the magic of Native American ways looking for a man who shares spiritual self. Outdoors, quiet moments, cowboy way wanted. 64146 FEMALE FOOTBALL FAN ALSO INTO golf, surfing, sailing, dancing & hiking seeks intelligent, well-bred, financially & emotionally secure man, 25-45 into romance and strong, humorous women. 64147 PULP FICTION-LOVING WOMAN SEEKS a Cool Hand Luke to pull the trigger. Will provide the ammunition you need. 64092 AUTHENTIC, ADVENTUROUS, FUNLOVING, drug-free, sensitive male who appreciates antiques, dancing, culture, cooking, nature, massage and travel. 64115 SWF, 22, SEEKS FUN-LOVING 20-26 YO to stay home and entertain me. 64116 I LIKE LEATHER. I LIKE THE SMELL" of a man after a good night of dancing. I don't like smoke. Possessiveness and jealousy should not be in your vocabulary if you want to answer this ad. 64117 TALL, TALENTED, LOVES ANIMALS AND daily walks with man's best friend. Looks are important but when it goes to your head, it's not. Spirit surrounds. 64118 SWF, 42, SLIM, ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, N/S, mother of one. first-time personal. Recently back from Florida; not into bar scene. Looking for PSWM for companionship, long walks, good conversation, possible LTR. 64119 SWF, ZAFTIGLY ITALIAN, SEEKING SM, 30-40 for banter and enormously tactile activities. If you can devour this and laugh simultaneously, contact me immediately. 64143 SWF, 28, SEEKING THAT sensitive heart to help another heart to see what a life of togetherness would find each other. 64144 SF, 29 YO DESIRES M INTERESTED IN fun and adventurous dating relationship. Young and self-directed males respond. I enjoy music, dancing, biking, tennis, volleyball. 64149 PISCES CHICK LOOKING TO swim in warmer waters. Moonlight preferable. 64150 LIKE TO HAVE FUN SKINNY DIPPING in cold water, eat strawberries with white wine before and after. 64151 SWF LOOKING FOR A SEXY man who likes to play house. I'd like to take care of you. 64152 LOOKING FOR NON-LOSER w/ artsy flair. I'm a tall, upbeat Sagittarius w/a KILLER personality. 64155 I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE CONSIDERATE, beautiful, fun and intelligent, with a touch of the darker side. A little tormented. 64154 ARE YOU GENTLE? Me: 22, quiet, happy, sexy You: 23-27, beautiful, funny, in love with life and yourself. N/S, ND. Don't need me, want me. 64187 ARE YOU AMBIGUOUS? THINK BUT DON'T ACT? EXPECT TO GO DUTCH? Then don't apply. SWF, 32, who's never done this, just wants a real date. 64190

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T O LOVING, CARING ONLY IN MEMORY - strong lady seeking stronger, good-looking guy who can fix cars and wash dishes. 64191 SDNS. MAKE ME LAUGH. Active, outgoing professional looking for same. Likes movies, dancing, skiing, golf and dining out. Likes quiet times, too. 64192 23 YO LOOKING FOR FUNNY. TALL, OUTGOING, AWESOME guy who can deal with a strong, independent, 90s kind of woman. 64193

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64470 Personal of the week wins dinner tor two at Coyotes Tex-Plex Cafe! TALL/OUTDOORSY HIKER/SKIER wanted for fun/outrageous times w/ tall, slim, attractive, athletic 31 YO F. 64194 WARM, WITTY, ENGAGING SWF, 40, seeks good-hearted, intelligent, responsible N/S man, 40s to 60s to share mutual support, recreational interests, and life adventures. 64432 WOMAN OF TWO NATURES: ADVENTURER AND PHILOSOPHER, SYBARITE AND ASCETIC - seeks man, 40s, to satisfy both selves. Be brainy and built. Be funny and thoughtful. Be wild and shy. Be ready for anything and happy with tranquility. But don't be a smoker.64409 SWF, 27, 5'8", (PULP FICTION BEAUTY), witty, adventurous, sensitive girl who adores laughter, animals, and romance. Seeking a "man" of the same qualities, who is physically and spiritually fit, and who doesn't take life for granted or seriously. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. 64407 OUTGOING SWF LOOKING FOR NEW ADVENTURES, seeks adventurous, intelligent, secure, tall, dark-haired SWM, 23-30 for romance. 64434 SWF SEEKING 40ISH BIKER MAN FOR adventure and danger. Boots with buckles a must. I like tattoos... 64437 SEEKING SPONTANEITY! SWF, 20, likes local bands, coffee, talk. Looking for funny, open-minded SWM, 18-23 YO for hanging out with and seeing what happens. 64400 SWF, 34, XJC SKI RACING + OTHER outdoor fun. Laughing, travelling, foreign cooking, morning person. N/S.N/D, tall, thin. Let's ski at Trapp's. 64402 SWF - PROFESSIONAL STYLIST IN NEW YORK + Vermont. Enjoys reading,

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MEN SEEKING WOMEN BACHELOR GUY SEEKS BACHELORETTE for dinners, laughs, and possibly more. Class of 1973- Interests: performing & iistening ro music. Maybe some dancing. Box 001. SNOW COUNTRY VERMONT Non-traditional woman, 33+, sought to share non-traditional life of off-the-beaten track travel, adventure and romance. Box 003. DANCIN,' PRANCIN,' ROMANCIN,' Life's not a game. SBM, fit & strong, seeks F, the same (30-45). Work nights, ample time, write nie, lets get fine! Photo. Box 005. SWM, 40, NEVER MARRIED SEEKS SWF FOR intellectual pursuit of chamber music for flute and guitar. Guitars my gig. Clarinet or soprano sax works root Box 007

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MEN SEEKING WOMEN SINCERE, SPIRITED NS/NA 30Y SWM; homeowner, advocate, writer, photographer w/no kids (yet) and no STD's seeks passionate, caring woman for friendship, companionship, and possibly an LTR. Please leave name, address, and/or phone # when you call. 64145 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, DWM. I'm 44, 5'8", 145 lbs., open-minded, attractive. Fond of music, walking, talking, hiking, movies, sports, sunsets and possibly you. 64002 TRUST FUND HOMESTEADER, 40, heroic hipster/dufus, lover of books, bad weather, adventure, romance ...ha-cha-chacha! 64003 FREE-FALLING THROUGH TIME: Tall, built renegade seeks trim, foxy lady 40+ to fire retro-rockets with, smell the roses and capture our wildest dreams together. R.S.V.P. 64006 LONELY 2ND SHIFT WORKER: SWM, 56, 5'11", 178 lbs. seeking LTR with S/D WF 40 to 55, full -figured 5'2" to 5'8," smoker and kids okay. I will pay your rent in Burlington area. Waiting for a letter. 1 like TV, country music, walks, holding hands and more. 64010 SWM, 52, seeks 25 YO SWF for companionship, money, car for socialization, dining, dancing, & long walks. 64009 SOFT SPEAKING, PLEASANT, DECENT LOOKING middle-aged male.(NS) Stable and solvent. Seeking companionable lady who enjoys attention, values her appearance, seeking possible LTR. 64007 DWM, 44, GOOD PERSONALITY. Fun, sense of humor, open-minded. Understanding, dependable, like to dance, canoe, XC ski. ISO lady w/ similar interest, romance, conversation. 64011 WORLDLY, INTELLIGENT, SEMI-SHY, semi-wacky 24 YO blonde Libra seeks openminded, honest, adventurous woman for travel to Amsterdam, Kenya, Australia, wherever. 64012 SWM SEEKS LOVELY LADY for hot nights. I'll make dinner if you'll stay andtalk to me. 64013 SOON TO BE UNEMPLOYED 40+ seeks woman of independent means. I can cook for you. Are you ready for a hot dish? 64014 SWM SEEKING SWF, 22-26 who likes having fun, doing a variety of things & enjoys music &C riding mountain bikes. 64015 SWM, 25, ENJOYS SPORTS, dancing, & playing pool. Seeking SWF, 21-30, with similar interests. 64016 KENYAN & GUINNESS/Sarah MacLachlan/long mornings/dead poets/lazy love.. SWM, 28, N/S. 64018 SWM, AGE 22, SEEKING MATURE, emotionally secure athletic female. I am an outgoing, physically fit local artist. Want to play in some clay? 64017 SWM, 39. HONEST, GENEROUS. Looking for woman that likes conversation, music, movies, magic. Maniacal merriment and quiet times. 64019 RELIABLE, HONEST, SOMETIMES SHY. Looking for woman with common sense, ability to communicate, and cuteness. If looking for someone, call. Humor is a bonus! 64020 32 YO BARTENDER, named after the great Scottish hero. I'll make the drinks and I'll blend with you. 64021 RECENTLY DIVORCED MAN in search of adventurous womannnn. 64022

STRONG-WILLED SWM SEEKS SF, 1825 for wining and dining. I enjoy sports, quiet evenings, and conversation. Willing to spend money on you! 64023 FIRST TIME AD. SWM, 21, seeking SF (18-25) Open-minded, likes to play pool, dance, and many other things. Looking for friend or more! 64024 SEEKING F, 18-24, WHO LOVES TO DANCE, listen to music, play pool and have fun! Good sense of humor and outgoing a plus. 64025 SEEKING FUN. Maybe love. Wanna try? 64026 DO IT NOW! Anything, anytime, anywhere. NS, slightly crazed, semi-veggie, 31 seeks something slightly similar. 64027 MAN SEEKING FRIEND. Looking for a friend who enjoys being nice and talking about Morissey for non-intimate friendship. 64028 SWM, 27, 6'1" 185 LB. Likes boating, skiing, winter sports, alternative music. Seeks SWF, 20-27. Must be smart, pretty and in good physical shape (healthy body, healthy mind) with similar interests. 64029 NS P 34 M, ENJOY SKIING, volleyball. Low-key. ISO SF, 25-40, no kids, active, slim, outgoing for fun times. 64030 OVER-EDUCATED, PROFESSIONAL, 32, seeks female companion. Important: Intelligence, sense of humor, smile. Tell me about latest book you've read or movie you've seen. Central VT. 64031 S ^ N O ^ O O K I N G T O R ROMANCE with a nice lady. Likes outdoors, children, long walks. Let's meet. 64032 YOUNG PROFESSOR, SWM, NS, 32, attractive, athletic professor of history who is new to Vermont seeks long-term relationship with female companion same age or younger. 64004 EDUCATED, PROFESSIONAL, ACTIVE 46 of moderate wealth and no obligations seeks similar soul mate. 64005 SWNSM, 32, SEEKS THE LOVE of slender SNSF under 45. 64070 SNOWBOARDER BOY SEEKING F, 1825 into snowboarding/skiing, whatever. 1 am a 22 YO UVM senior looking for the above described F. So if you want, look me up. 64071 SWM SEEKS CHEAP AND EXOTIC FLING with girl in black. Must be in good physical condition. Ages 18-25 only. 64072 SW CALVIN AND HOBBISH GUY who loves the unexpected searching for my Hobbes, someone who's up for anything, looking to create fun and craziness. Age 1925. 64073 SHY, KIND-HEARTED 27 YO MALE full of love and kindness would like to go from there. Ages 20-40. 64074 SWPM LONGS FOR FIT, ACTIVE, FUN-LOVING, sensual woman who enjoys laughter, movies & music who I'll wine, dine & massage. Write me your dream vacation or fantasy. 64075 SWM, 21, DASHING, DARING, DEFT, on the old side of young with a baby face. 6', 190 lbs. seeking SWF with spiritual bend. No Jesus freaks. 64076 OUTGOING, SENSITIVE, CONSIDERATE PARTY ANIMAL, Capricorn, not a player. Wish to meet woman that won't throw things at me, confident, open-minded with an analytical mind. 64077 I AM 26 YO, I LIKE THE OUTDOORS, hiking, camping. I like long walks at sunset. Hope to get together with someone with same interests. 64078 YOUNG MAN FULLY BLESSED SEEKING OPPOSITE SEX with all the options. Willing to experiment. 64079 LEAR JETSEEKING PASSENGER for the friendly skies. Must be willing to watch the movie while taking off. The sky is the limit. 64080 LOOKING FOR SUGARBUSH skiing partner, very good skier. 64081 SM, 40ISH SEEKS ATTRACTIVE, FUNLOVING SF for dating. Enjoy contra dancing, concerts, sports. Montpelier resident, hard worker, affectionate nice guy. 64082 I AM BIG AND HUSKY AND YOU ARE lean and lusty. You need me. I want you. Come on over for some stir-fry. 64083 SWM ENJOYS MUSIC, MOVIES, ART, TRAVEL, exercise & of course to party! 54084 A ROMANTIC COMEDY: Leading SWM N/S looking for leading lady to share laughter and romance if you're looking for fun and excitement, I'm it! 64108 SWM, 29, TALL, ATHLETIC, PROFESSIONAL seeks honest, outgoing, sincere, fit, attractive lady who enjoys laughing, fitness activities and relaxing times. 64106 YOUNGER MAN SEEKING AN OLDER WOMAN, 25-40. Must have nice eyes, very mature and athletic. Friendly, good sense of humor. Kids OK!!!! Must be able to spend some time alone without kids!!! Please respond; can't wait to hear from you. 64112 SEEKING WORLD-CONSCIOUS, MULTICULTURAL-MINDED SF, 19-27, socially/environmentally-conscious, natural, healthy, compassionate, emotionally stable, progressive, fit, educated, cultured, sincere, open, humorous, adventurous NS. 64114

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who enjoys above. Looking for a meaningful relationship. 64160 SWM SEEKING ALL NON-TRAMPS^ 23-27. Must be good-looking and have healthy body and mind. 64161 F BETWEEN 35-40 LIKES QUALITY time at home, NS, light drinker who want a long-lasting relationship. Healthy and drugfree. 64162 DIVORCED YOUNG EARLY 40s likes water-skiing, eating out, walks, dogs, cars, travel. Fit, 6'2" ISO exciting. Fit, sincere woman to share good times. 64163 SWM, 6'2", BLONDE HAIR, BLUE EYES seeks independent, long-legged hiker, 20-35 to enjoy adventures, romance, backrubs with. Non-animal lovers need not apply 64164 DRUMMER SEEKS W TO CREATE rhythms. Me: early 40s - into music, dining, conversation and fun. You - creative, freespirited. 64165 "POLITICAL VEGETARIAN: IF YOU CARROT ALL about peas &C justice, then lettuce get together see what may turnip. Income (celery) not important. 64166 5'8" 200# 46 YO FORMERXIBERAL AND HOPELESS ROMANTIC turned middle-aged cynic. Don't mind laughing at my own foibles. ISO attractive fellow curmudgeon. 64167 MID-40'S BACHELOR: BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, tall &C handsome, professional seeks similar SWF to ski, skate, sail and enjoy life. 64168 SWM, 140 LB OUTDOOR TYPE SEEKS FRIEND FOR seasoned adventures. Dinners included. Do you like fat cats? 64169 POLISH PRINCE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM HIMALAYAN FORAY. 38YO SWM, heart-centered, athletically-inclined, conversationally Fit, seeks inquisitive W (30s) possessing equal amounts of brains, beauty, and brazenness. 64170 DWM, TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME, with rugged Banana Republic flair. Seeks SF who enjoys taking care of herself and will communicate. Catlike eyes a plus. 64188 SEEKING WOMAN WHO'S LOVING, BEST FRIEND, WORKS AT life, has what life takes. 64413 SWM ISO SF WHO LIKES MOVIES AT HOME AND out, pool, camping and long country drives. I don't mind cooking or doing my share. 64414 MUSICALLY-INCLINED, NOT AFRAID TO BE A DORK, comfortable in almost any situation. 25-40 W sought by sometimes-bearded, conversational man with dark eyes and a nifty smile. 64415

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As is th political crusade, the antichoice forces are composed of pragmatists, who will vote for whichever acceptable candidate seems likeliest to defeat Bill Clinton, and strict ideologues, who will back the contender they regard as the truest believer. Morin says that a few Vermont Right-to-Lifers might even write in the name of Alan Keyes, the anti-abortion zealot who failed to gain a place on the state s ballot. In both Iowa and New Hampshire, however, Buchanan did win many more votes from organized opponents of abortion than did Dole, Keyes or any other Republican. The March 5 primary may thus be shaping up as a test of whether old-fashioned, door-todoor politicking matters much anymore in Vermont.

The March 5 primary may be shaping u^ as a test Oj whether o<Idfashionedy aoor-to-door politicking matters much anymore in Vermont. • r Buchanan still has no presence on the ground — or in the airwaves. He also cannot draw upon a Christian Coalition : contingent of the size that boosted his tallies in both the Iowa and Louisiana caucuses. Vermont's fundamentalist and evangelical churches remain largely apolitical. What's more, this state's largest newspaper will not serve as a pro-Buchanan podium in the manner of New Hampshire's Manchester UnionLeader. "I'd be amazed if Buchanan did well in Vermont," says McLaughFy. "One thing to keep in mind is that he's probably not going to compound his New Hampshire victory between now and when we vote here." McLaughry thinks Buchanans current momentum

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