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...Becker has solutions to spare. Fear's main idea is that our intuition of danger is a "brilliant internal guardian" that can be honed to a fine point. But there is also practical advice on a variety of crimes on Levin's list, and some that might as well be: assault by a stranger, stalking, rampages by co-employees and demon baby sitters. (A truly spectacular serial-killer case seems thrown in for seasoning.) Some of the counsel is self-evident: Beware of strange men offering unwanted favors or fake solidarity. Learn to say, "I said NO!" But a four...
...abortion rights, and consistently championed people whose rights he feared would otherwise be forgotten. When Brennan died of natural causes Thursday after living all but nine of this century's years, from opponents and admirers alike there was little but marvel at the career of one of the most brilliant and influential justices in America's history. But seemingly foremost among the characteristics his colleagues recalled was the formidable legal mind who was utterly lovable. "I was not what might be called a Brennan liberal," Justice David H. Souter, who replaced Brennan, recalled in 1992. "I did not know what...
...Brilliant Pepsi Peddles the useless Quixotic venture pitchman lured to Newton, while capitalist, still make Apple soda-pop Microsoft eats looking for a hit popular firm's lunch...
...usual sea of masculinity is parting. The debut CD by Alaskan pop-folkie Jewel, Pieces of You (Atlantic), has sold more than 5 million copies and is still riding high on the charts. Erykah Badu, with her poetry-slam soulfulness, has sold more than 1 million copies of her brilliant new CD Baduizm (Kedar Entertainment/Universal) and is a headliner on this summer's neo-soul Smokin' Grooves Tour. And Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has masterminded the summer's most talked-about musical event: Lilith Fair, a traveling show featuring a rotating lineup of 61 female singer-songwriters, including Cassandra...
Jodie Foster is ideally cast as Ellie Arroway, a brilliant astronomer who has devoted her life to attempting to communicate with the extraterrestrial life she feels sure must exist somewhere among the billions of stars. Battling continual funding problems and other setbacks, her search is finally vindicated when a radio transmission arrives from the distant star Vega. It is decoded to reveal instructions for building a machine believed to be capable of transporting its occupant through deep space...