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...diameter, and by a canyon that extends at least two-thirds of the way around it. Apparently the moon was struck by a huge object and badly cracked, but the pieces froze together again like chunks of reformed ice cubes. And why is the strange moon lapetus ten times darker on one side than the other? Scientists found indirect signs that the inky black stuff may be carbon...
...chief of pharmacology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, "the brain cannot handle all the messages. There is too much information flowing in, and the user becomes hyperaroused." With higher doses and chronic use, the alertness and exhilaration so prized by coke's connoisseurs quickly turn into darker effects, ranging from insomnia to full-fledged cocaine psychosis. Even a single overdose can cause severe headaches, nausea and convulsions-indeed, total respiratory and cardiovascular collapse. Says U.C.L.A. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel: "Extreme cocaine dosages light a kind of fire in the brain...
...Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Alvin Epstein. The premier ART production--revived from the Yale years--stripped away decades' worth of accumulated glitter from Shakespeare's play, revealing a darker fairy world than we're used to. Epstein uncovered hidden streams of conflict--between fairy and fairy, fairy and man, man and woman--with the aid of Purcell's fine-woven Baroque score. These emphases, however, were just that; there were no placards. Costumes and sets had a somber beauty. No one could have left the Loeb feeling Shakespeare's text had been tampered with or betrayed...
...flawed genius who has long sought-and rarely received-approval from his bosses, Martin has found a warm sun of support to chase the shades from the darker corners of his spirit. He also likes the $1 million promotional campaign that has made Billyball and the man behind it household words all over Northern California. Now with a record-setting beginning, Billy Baseball beams: "The rest of them will be chasing us all season long...
...will have already come and gone by then, maintaining the new darker shade of blond she has adopted on the recommendation of an image consultant. Lunch, if not official, is likely to be a salad brought in by her secretary. Dinner is regularly taken at the House of Commons with backbenchers, a habit that builds political capital. It also saves cooking: the Thatchers have no regular cook. After dinner she may have guests for drinks in the family quarters or settle down to several hours of paperwork. Says an aide: "Hers is a nononsense, no-fuss life...