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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | May 17, 2009
This month, beleaguered General Motors announced that after 83 years, it was finally eliminating its Pontiac division in hopes of averting bankruptcy. This news catapulted me back to another time, when Pontiacs were Kings of the Road. I was also awash in Pontiac nostalgia because the first family car I really remember was a Pontiac. With the outbreak of World War II, automakers ceased production. With the return of peace, Americans were eager to take to the highways once again . The pent-up desire was fueled by cheap gas, big postwar salaries, and a desire to drive the fastest and most stylish models Detroit could provide.
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By Liz Atwood | April 13, 2009
Travel season is approaching, and those flying to Europe or heading to the West Coast can expect to experience jet lag. The fatigue, stomach upset and disorientation that occurs is normal, says Dr. Andrea Meredith, assistant professor of physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She offers some suggestions on how to deal with the discomfort. Why do people feel so crummy when they move across time zones? Jet lag, which is what you are referring to, is a disruption of the circadian rhythms.
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By Sherry Bosley | February 29, 2008
All of my clocks are set on Eastern Standard Time. They are as accurate as possible because, to me, that seems to be the point of having a sensitive timepiece. Unfortunately, my spouse - and, alas, my daughter - live in an altered time zone, one that I have discovered is inhabited by a huge percentage of our populace. In fact, the numbers are as close as the Clinton-Obama delegate count: those who live on "real time" and those who live on ... well, let's call it what it is: "fake time."
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By Ann LoLordo | February 2, 2008
For the time conscious - and challenged - commuter, the Bromo Seltzer Tower clock has been invaluable. Stark against the sky, it offered assurance that you would get to where you had to be in time. Or on time. Punctual, an old professor once said. And if you fell in with the latecomers, an impulse to step on it never followed derision or complaint. It may have been encouraged, the clock's big wooden hands so seriously set at keeping time. Whether driving east, west, north or south, the commuter only had to look up to know the time, the day moving slowly and steadily across the clock face.
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By Marie Gullard | October 19, 2007
What would a lighting designer, director and master craftsman of the stage do when he retires? In the case of William T. Brown, longtime chairman of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's theater department, he keeps right on designing, crafting and building. In fact, when Brown, 78, and his wife, Fran, were building a new house in the Howard County community of Autumn Manor 17 years ago, he requested an immediate change. He asked that the builders reorient the house on its corner lot to face what would have been the side street because he liked its name better.
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July 22, 2007
For more on the Orioles, go to Roch Kubatko's blog, Roch Around the Clock, at baltimoresun.com/roch
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June 7, 2007
For more on the Orioles, go to Roch Kubatko's blog, Roch Around the Clock, at baltimoresun.com/roch
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March 27, 2007
THE PROBLEM -- A clock and carillon bells atop a memorial tower near York Road and Woodbourne Avenue in Govans have not worked for many years. THE BACKSTORY -- Peg Massey of North Baltimore wrote Watchdog asking about the "lovely tower with bells & a clock in the center." She said the bells haven't rung and the clock hands haven't moved past 3 o'clock in many years. "Perhaps," she wrote, "if it were put into working order it would be more meaningful to the neighbors." Massey's question takes the Watchdog down memory lane.
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By ROCH KUBATKO | January 13, 2007
The Colts average 26.6 points per game. The Ravens' defense allows 12.6 per game. Something's gotta give. You want to contain Peyton Manning? Don't give him the foot ball. The Ravens must put together long, sustained drives. Need 4 yards? Get 5. Need 10 yards? Get 11. And force Manning to stand on the sideline, helmet in hand, glancing nervously at the clock. Manning will perform his usual theatrics at the line of scrimmage, as if he's changing every play. The Ravens estimate that at least half the time, it's purely for show, and they won't be fooled.
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By ROCH KUBATKO | November 21, 2006
I'll credit the Orioles for figuring out early that Alfonso Soriano would price himself out of Baltimore. But $136 million over eight years? Did anyone see it going there? Don't worry. Carlos Lee will settle for $119 million over seven. Just how big of a bargain is Miguel Tejada right now? The Orioles have him locked up for three more seasons. Imagine if he were hitting the free-agent market this winter. No wonder they'd have to be overwhelmed to trade him. You just know the Angels are calling the warehouse again today.