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Despite the quick notoriety that it has gained, Taiwan flu is not considered unusually dangerous. As a close cousin of long-dormant strains, however, it poses a particular threat to people under 35 with chronic health problems; they are not old enough to have developed a strong immunity from previous exposures...
Through the course of his investigation we encounter an intriguing array of suspects, including a lovelorn mistress, a frail mother with a ferocious grip on the family, a wife with an overly loving relationship with her cousin, a bitterly estranged daughter with a lover in the Communist Party, and a brother-in-law with several lovers among the Berowne's servant staff--one of whom is both a decoy member of the Communist Party and an undercover policewoman...
...devotion to family was instilled in the Tisch brothers early on. Says Washington Journalist Elizabeth Drew, a first cousin: "They have been unshakably close since their boyhood." The boys grew up in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Their father owned a small boys' clothing company as well as two summer camps in New Jersey. After graduating from N.Y.U. at 18, Larry earned a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1946, after his brief stay at Harvard Law School, Larry and Bob persuaded their father to help them buy a Lakewood, N.J., resort hotel called Laurel...
...Loews chairman may have had other reasons for pursuing CBS. For perhaps the first time, Larry Tisch may have been attracted to the limelight, wanting some fame to go with his fortune. Says one CBS board source: "He is trying to give himself a new dimension." Cousin Elizabeth Drew disputes that view. Says she: "He is utterly secure. He is not doing this for an ego trip. He doesn't need the publicity or seek it, but he knows that it comes with the territory...
...from regular Honda outlets. The Acura Legend, a sedan slightly bigger and more powerful than the Mercedes-Benz 190, sells in the U.S. for $19,000, around $10,000 less than the Mercedes, and has % been greeted with rave notices by U.S. auto reviewers. The Legend's smaller, sportier cousin, the Integra, is priced...