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Hell hath no fury like a funnel spurned: “Skies over Stuttgart spurn tropical-air funnels” “The sky over Stuttgart was ominous Monday with what appeared to be a tornado, but it was something different. What was seen was a tropical-air funnel. The National Weather Service says these are very similar to what forms water spouts over the Gulf of Mexico.” Since the article was accompanied by a photograph of one of these funnels, I think we can assume that the skies over Stuttgart were spawning, not spurning, them. More from the Book of Reveal: “Fortunately, the actors’ credible chemistry holds our attention all the way to a gleefully random final reveal.” A pair’s a crowd: “Greg Cote of the Miami Herald on the celebrated pairing of Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open: ‘Guys in all the other groups could play in their underwear and drink tequila on the greens for all anyone would notice.’ ” Strange way to pick a starting pitcher: “It has been a tough week for Cobb,
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who left the team after starting Monday night’s game against Boston due to the death of his grandmother.”
DOUG SMITH
Haye Porter dougsmith@arktimes.com writes: “If he doesn’t mow his lawn pretty quick, I’m going to challenge my neighbor to a fight. Is it the gantlet or the gamut I’m supposed to throw down?” Neither, actually. Mr. Porter is so angry he can’t think straight. Rather than throwing things, he should invite his neighbor over for a beer and see if they can talk this out. A gantlet is a kind of ordeal or punishment. One runs a gantlet. What gets thrown as an invitation to a duel is a gauntlet, a kind of glove. There’s a trend to use gauntlet in all cases, a trend helped along by a 1977 Clint Eastwood movie, “The Gauntlet.” Garner’s Modern American Usage says you should resist (although Clint is a pretty big guy). One can also run the gamut, in a different context. A gamut is a full range or extent: “The leading lady ran the gamut of emotions.”
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is being held on the evening of the PREMIERE PERFORMANCE of Jesus Christ Superstar on WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 Tickets include heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar, award ceremony and the opening night performance of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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A MISTRIAL. A jury couldn’t arrive at a unanimous verdict in the manslaughter trial of former Little Rock Police Officer Josh Hastings in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old. Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen has scheduled a retrial for mid-September. KEN DUKE. The 44-year-old Hope native and professional golfer won his first PGA tournament on Sunday. LOTTERY EXPANSION TALK. In the face of stagnant revenue, the Arkansas Lottery Commission is revisiting the idea of allowing video lottery games such as keno, which offer repeat, fast, all-day gambling action. They could constitute mini-casinos of a sort in convenience stores or wherever they might be located. Various politicians and religious groups have loudly protested the addition of such games to the lottery lineup. Some questions exist on whether or not they could be instituted under the law. The commission will look at other states with the added games. It will stir a political fury in some quarters.
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TRANSPARENCY. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administra-
tion, in response to a letter sent by Pulaski County’s mayors and the county judge, along with Arkansas congressmen (known as the Lake Maumelle Governmental Stakeholders), declined to provide ExxonMobil’s “integrity assessment reports” on the pipeline that traverses the Maumelle watershed, saying that ExxonMobil has “requested confidential treatment of the records claiming that they are protected from disclosure under FOIA.” ELLIE MAE. The Chinese crested hairless dog from Gurdon reached the finals of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest in Petaluma, Calif., but didn’t win. A beagle-basset-boxer mix took the crown. BILL JAMES. The defense attorney for Hastings was fined $25,000 for 10 contempt of court citations by Griffen. James repeatedly ignored the judge’s directive not to mention juvenile records of companions of the slain youth. U.S. REP. TOM COTTON. He joined a number of Democrats in voting against the farm bill. The Democrats opposed the bill after it cut $2 billion from proposed food aid spending. Cotton voted against because he thinks the cuts aren’t enough. He was the only member of Arkansas’s congressional delegation to vote against the bill.