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...first chapter. After that, we never hear anything about Scalopino or Sophie again; the novel switches back to Bennett's Memphis boyhood. We meet Florida, the Black housekeeper who shows Bennett more love than does his father, distant and scarred by memories of war, or his mother, prone to fainting spells, insomnia and compulsive eating. We also meet John, Bennett's best friend, with whom Bennett builds clever contraptions...

Author: By Karen M. Olsson, | Title: MIT Professor's Benito Lacks Einstein's Grace | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...millions of years ago blasted into orbit rocks that have landed on Earth during recent decades, University of California at San Diego chemist Kurt Marti said today. Marti claims that he has confirmed that a 40-pound meteorite that landed in Nigeria in 1962 was a piece of the distant planet. He explained that gas bubbles trapped inside the meteorite were matched with the atmosphere that the U.S. Viking spacecraft found on Mars in 1976. Marti said further testing showed that the meteorite was wandering in space for about three million years before it landed on Earth. Another meteorite that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A REAL CLOSE ENCOUNTER | 3/30/1995 | See Source »

...well all watched the Rockets and Knicks stumble and claw through the most tedious finals in NBA history, these memories became more and more distant...

Author: By Jason E. Kolman, | Title: Jordan, Take Two | 3/18/1995 | See Source »

...hope to convince her toocome and hopeshe'll come as soon as possible. Those of us whoare fans of Lani's hope that it will be in the notto distant future," Ogletree said...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Officials Deny Guinier Will Join HLS Faculty | 3/10/1995 | See Source »

...like part of the house. Pforzheimer has a lot of house activities and speakers that interest me. It has more of a house life than Winthrop ever did." Rodriguez and her rooming group had originally wanted to live in the Quad, and the move allowed them to rejoin once-distant friends...

Author: By Meredith K. Broussard, | Title: Quadward, Ho ! | 3/9/1995 | See Source »

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