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...greatest thief of childhood is conformity, an insight that informs The Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine (Atheneum; $11.95). Three hens are driven by that ageless query: Which is the most beautiful? The king makes a Solomonic decision: whoever produces the most wonderful egg will be made a princess. One hen immediately lays a perfectly shaped egg; another creates an egg so large that it would make an ostrich jealous; the third gets up from her nest to reveal an egg in shape and shades not unlike Rubik's Cube. In the end, the king awards...
...last week's All-Star game, the northern influence was evident from the first sentimental bars of O Canada. The National League lineup was top-heavy with the bright particular talents of the Montreal Expos: the admirable catcher Gary Carter, the ageless hitter Al Oliver, the young speedster Tim Raines, and the man a New York Times poll has found to be the most respected player in the game today, Centerfielder Andre Dawson. Since Willie Mays left, baseball has had a soft spot for centerfielders with all-round gifts. Dawson won the Gold Glove at his position the past...
HOSPITALIZED. Gloria Swanson, 84, legendary film star (Sunset Boulevard) who credits her longevity and ageless glamour to a diet of spring water and vegetables; for an undisclosed illness; in New York City...
Lewis and Benjamin Jones are identical twins born in a farmhouse just on the border of England and Wales. The year of their coming is 1900. They are children of this century; yet their childhood could easily have transpired 300 years earlier. They measure their growth against the ageless progress of the seasons. Their father, a bad-tempered Welshman, rents a farm of 120 acres from the local squire. He expects his sons to pitch in when they are big enough. Their mother, a missionary's daughter, wants them to go to school and better themselves...
...seized the invalid Pontiac division of General Motors and pumped it back to life. It was De Lorean (so goes the tale) who showed the corporate stuffed shirts the writing on the wall. Where was the fuel-efficient, practical, obsolescence-proof carriage for the common man? asked our ageless pioneer. No one looked up from the boardroom table. The point is that for all his boogying and Ursula Andressing, De Lorean actually understood what...