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...Cunning Man (Viking; 469 pages; $23.95) provides an explanation for this long-ago demise, although it is doubtful that any reader simply intent on finding out whodunit will still be turning these pages. The overriding appeal of a Davies book, as his legion of fans will attest, rarely rides on something as mundane as suspense. Instead, Canada's foremost living author, now 81, entertains with an old-fashioned fictional mixture that he seems to have invented anew: keen social observations delivered with wit, intelligence and free-floating philosophical curiosity...
...paper so that the colors would be richer and deeper. Even his etchings, one plate of which is featured beside the finished print so that all the delicate lines can be inspected, were often done on iron or steel rather than the standard copper. All of these processes attest to Nolde's singular devotion to creating his world, as scary and enticing...
...slight (5 ft. 6 in., 125 lbs.), quiet, bespectacled sophomore at the University of Michigan is described by classmates as gentle, conscientious and introverted. His high school librarian, his 4-H adviser, the mother of the children for whom he baby-sat in Boardman, Ohio, all stand ready to attest to his moral fitness. At the university, where he majors in linguistics, he maintained a 3.2 average. Until two weeks ago, he'd never been accused of harming anyone. "I don't like stepping on insects," he says...
...anybody who travels widely in America will attest, there are deep pockets of obesity, especially in rural areas and among certain racial and ethnic groups. The CDC study found that the prevalence of obesity was nearly 50% for black and Mexican-American women -- compared with 33.5% for white women. In some Native American communities, up to 70% of adults are dangerously overweight...
...lamented the loss of the LP, and with it comparatively vast acreage for album-cover art. True, no CD packaging on the market today can match the eye-dazzling splendor of original pressings of Frampton Comes Alive. But CDs are becoming miniworks of art, as our favorite recent examples attest...