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5 picks · 1987–1990

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Bryan Di Salvatore’s 1990 profile of country musician Merle Haggard. “I give ’em my music, that’s what matters.”

II-LARGE CARS
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about truck driver Lonnie Umphlett, truck stops & driving long-distance trucks. Writer tells how Umphlett manages his driving logs. …

I-LARGE CARS
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about trucks & about truck driver Lonnie Umphlett... Lonnie drives a tractor-trailer rig for Davis Transport of Missoula, Montana... …

II-VEHEMENT FIRE
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about the uses & history of dynamite. Until 1985, there was no licensing system in Montana for blasters. On the tight end of the …

VEHEMENT FIRE-I
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the history & uses of dynamite... (First part of a 2-part article.)... Writer tells about visiting, the place of Annick Smith, a …