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...written in the early '70s when, between novels, Naipaul visited Trinidad, Zaire, Argentina and Uruguay. The resulting essays are partly coroner's reports on would-be redeemers, partly sources for settings and personality traits that Naipaul later used in his novels. Zaire's Mobutu, with his brew of futurism and ancestor worship, is clearly the model for the remote leader of the Central African nation described in A Bend in the River (1979). The confused longings and demagogy of Michael de Freitas, a Trinidadian cult leader who was hanged for murder in 1975, are reflected in Guerrillas...
...viruses. When they added other viruses to the culture, they found that the cells resisted further infection. True to form, the first set of viruses seemed to be thwarting the attack of the second. The researchers next removed all traces of viruses and chicken cells, leaving only the culture brew. They added this solution to a batch of healthy cells and "challenged" them with a new virus. The cells remained uninfected. It was apparent that the initial virus infection had stimulated the cells to produce something that interfered with further viral assaults; this substance remained behind in the solution when...
...wants to be President." This week's cover story on the Republican race reflects the insights of two reporters who have been coattailing the party's leading contenders for the past nine weeks: Barrett, our man on Ronald Reagan's plane, and Washington Correspondent Douglas Brew, who has followed the fortunes of Reagan's chief rival, George Bush...
...Covering Bush is like covering an athletic event," says Brew, who has matched his fellow jogger almost stride for stride from Iowa to Maine to Puerto Rico. "Despite the routine gladhanding of politics, Bush truly likes people and is getting a kick out of running for President." Bush and his wife Barbara also work hard to ensure that their press escorts enjoy the process as well. Recalls Brew: "When I spent a day at their home in Houston, Barbara offered to do my laundry, while George-no one calls him Mr. Bush-lent me swim trunks and my choice...
Emigrés fleeing the 1917 Russian Revolution brought vodka to China, and 3½ years ago, a brew called Great Wall made its appearance in the U.S. Tsingtao, from the same distillery, arrived last June. As to why ads are so pugnacious, Gad Romann, of Romann & Tannenholz, Tsingtao's agency, explained: "If you had an unheard-of brand, what would...