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...relates the surreal events leading to his ultimate isolation, earned best-novel-of-its-time raves from the college of critics. It established Ellison in the permanent firmament of American writers, a place he still occupied at his death last week from pancreatic cancer, six weeks after his 80th birthday. But Invisible Man was more than a gorgeously written piece of fiction. Because its phantasmagoric satire of mid- century life in Harlem and the American South proved prophetic, the book became a blueprint for inner-city discontent. Invisible Man taught two generations of readers, black and white, how to think...
Fortunately, it was fellow rookie shortstop Alex Gonzales's 21st birthday (hey, I'm almost that old), so he could share the drinks with everyone...
...celebration with 100 friends on his 85th birthday last November, he took Dottie out on the dance floor of the Bavarian Beer Garden near Baltimore and vowed to spend more time with her. On Wednesday he made good on that promise, a much different man than Nixon appointed. And much better...
...Nine out of every 1,000 U.S. babies die before their first birthday -- one of the highest infant-mortality rates in the industrialized world...
...miniature bottles of juice alongside strained pears and peas at the grocery store, health professionals urge parents to resist the stuff until their children are out of infancy. No baby under six months should drink juice, and some pediatricians see no reason to introduce it until after the first birthday. Whenever they start, young children need not consume more than a few ounces a day. Because apple juice contains two sugars that tots cannot absorb -- sorbitol and fructose -- large - quantities can cause diarrhea. "Fruit-juice companies imply that apple juice is healthful," says Dr. John Udall, head of pediatric nutrition...