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Boorstin in many areas seems out of touch with the ever changing fever chart of critical reputations. A chapter on the 19th century English novel, for example, is devoted to Charles Dickens. There is scarcely a word about Anthony Trollope, a writer of smaller genius, perhaps, but whose insightful portrayals of women and politics nonetheless make him seem prophetically modern. Boorstin's account of Protestant sacred music understandably focuses on Johann Sebastian Bach. But why, some readers may wonder, are there only passing references to Handel...
...Cliff performs as the lead singer of a Soundgarden-esque band typical of the Seattle music scene. Likewise, Debbie and Janet run a de rigeur cafe that serves as the pack's home base and a focal point for the film, a la the Bensonhurst coffee shop in Jungle Fever...
...case of tissue rejection a few weeks after the ground-breaking 11-hour operation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The problem did not recur, and by the end of July the new liver had tripled in size, matching a healthy human organ. But late last month a fever set in, followed by an infection -- possibly caused by an injection of X ray-sensitive dye. The liver began to fail, and then, within a week, though the infection had started to subside, the man was dead of massive bleeding in the brain...
State Rep. Alvin Thompson managed easily to overcome what he thought might be a wave of anti-in-cumbent fever, handily defeating Robert J. LaTremouille by 67 percent...
...think that there might be no-incumbency fever in Cambridge, but the results reflect the fact that the voters did not want to turn the incumbents out," she added...