INSIDE THIS ISSUE VOLUME 15, ISSUE 25 • JUNE 21, 2018
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Fixing Our Highways And Byways The road crew was out before the sun had cracked the tops of the trees. Paving a road is summer work, but why do a hot job in the heat of the day? The road in question was a dead-end street that lay on the northern end of Woodmore Lane.
WHILE YOU WERE GONE
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MOURNING A TITAN
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Professional writer and UTC English professor Sybil Baker has penned quite a few novels, both fiction and nonfiction, and short stories during her career, but her stories haven’t always been set in Chattanooga.
This is the most difficult piece I have ever written for The Pulse. Initially, it was meant to be a respectful acknowledgement of the work of a local man whose rise to the top of his field was meteoric.
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HOW MUCH DO YOU READ?
As a book-lover, introvert (and 100 percent Ravenclaw), I understand why my fellow verbivores might want to give the Readers and Writers Fair a pass and well, just stay home and read.
PIXAR DOES IT AGAIN
Seeing 2004’s The Incredibles was one of my favorite movie experiences. I knew nothing about the film going in, expected to be underwhelmed by a kid’s movie, and was blindsided by how great it was.
18 MUSIC REVIEWS
21 NEW IN THEATERS
12 ARTS CALENDAR
19 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
22 GAME ON!
16 MUSIC CALENDAR
19 JONESIN' CROSSWORD
23 THE COMIX
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