Dream Single: 1994: The Year in Review
Who Was Best in 1994? Just Ask Our Critics
Our pop critics' favorite albums of the year run from Jann Browne's "Count Me In," Johnny Cash's "American Recordings" and Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Sleeps With Angels," which all tied for the most votes, to relatively obscure releases by country singer Bob Woodruff and Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango. Favorite concerts, meanwhile, included Buck Owens at the Crazy...
Dream Single: Urban sprawl a sign that American Dream is alive and well
On Oct. 4, the Sierra Club released a study, "Solving Sprawl," ranking the states on their efforts in fighting urban sprawl. Jack Darin, director of the organization's Illinois chapter, summed up the group's views by warning that "sprawl will continue to devour many of our state's natural areas" until we take action. Urban sprawl, however, is the best evidence of the American Dream. Single-family homeownership...
Dream Single: The package deal
Give the gift of everything for any type of person on your list
December, 1995, the United States -- If you just landed here from another planet, and you flicked on the TV, you'd see scenes of exhausted, stressed-out shoppers and endless ads for useless games, gadgets and home exercise equipment. You quickly would come to the conclusion that the holidays are a sort of penance for our sins from the rest of the year.But there is another way, a less expensive, more personal and relatively foolproof way to buy gifts besides dragging around the...
Dream Single: FOR YOUR INFORMATION EAST
POLICE BLOTTER Information on Eastern area police activity comes from police and sheriff's department reports on felony incidents. The incidents often remain under investigation. Details of the incidents and possible charges may change before final disposition. Today's crime listing includes reports filed from Jan. 5 to Jan. 12.IRONDALE Burglary Brookmont Drive, 4100 block, Jan. 11, 8 a.m.-4:55 p.m., residential, nothing taken.Eastwood Trailer Court,...
