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Paul E. Johnson, who is chief of the Harvard University Police, said yesterday that the police had singled out a likely culprit, and were nearly prepared to apprehend...
Epidermal cells become malignant when the DNA in their nuclei is altered, causing them to divide uncontrollably and form tumors. The transformation of DNA can be caused by repeated X-ray exposure, burns, infectious disease or frequent contact with certain chemicals. But by far the most common culprit is the sun's ultraviolet light. After years of exposure to sunlight, the damage becomes visible first as small, scaly, precancerous spots called keratoses, usually on middle-aged or older people and in areas of the skin generally not protected by clothing. These spots can turn malignant, becoming translucent basal-cell nodules...
...others will stand accused in the death by poisoning. The difference in Murder Times Two (Simon & Schuster; 284 pages; $17.95) is that the protagonist, retired attorney Reuben Frost, is one of the suspects. Together with his wife Cynthia and his friend Detective Luis Bautista, Frost searches for the real culprit. Their investigation leads to the boardrooms of his old firm, power lunches at Manhattan's toniest club, and the swimming pools of Rio. Haughton Murphy (the pseudonym of James Duffy, a retired Manhattan lawyer) writes with inside information and civilized wit. The fifth adventure of Mr. and Mrs. Frost makes...
...slice of cherry or huckleberry. Fans are trading theories about Laura's killer (the Log Lady? the sheriff?), while a European video version of the pilot identifies the killer as a drifter named Robert. Don't be so sure, say the show's creators; in the U.S. the culprit could be different...
Altruism -- his life for the many? No way. Loyalty to his boss, who is the real culprit? Quit kidding. Joey sees talking the would-be terrorist out of mass murder as the maximum test of his salesmanship. In his time he has cut the sticker price and upped the trade-in allowance on everything but death. He cannot resist the opportunity to do this ultimate deal. Besides, Larry is his kind of customer, infinitely suggestible, infinitely distractible...