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Smart U.S. politicians have long known the value of belonging to the "Three-I League," that elite union of travelers who have pressed the flesh in Ireland, Italy and Israel. Today the shrewd officeholder joins the "Triple-M Society," with its itinerary of foreign policy hot spots: Moscow, Manila and Managua. Lately the congressional congestion in Managua and vicinity has become particularly acute. No sooner had Robert Dole and four other Republican Senators checked out of the Nicaraguan capital last week, after some verbal sparring with President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, than Democratic Senator Tom Harkin checked in for a high...
...flesh-and-blood presence of Beloved roils the novel's intense, realistic surface. This young woman may not actually be Sethe's reincarnated daughter, but no other explanation of her identity is provided. Her symbolic significance is confusing; she seems to represent both Sethe's guilt and redemption. And Morrison's attempt to make this strange figure come to life strains unsuccessfully toward the rhapsodic: "I will never leave you again/ Don't ever leave me again/ You will never leave me again...
...status as Hollywood's new romantic leading man. With his tall, rangy good looks and cool American strength, Costner, 32, is an old-fashioned movie hero. Like such stars as Gary Cooper, Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart, he can fill the screen with what Director Billy Wilder has called "flesh impact...
...fire in the belly. He got into the race reluctantly, never having admired George Bush much and believing that true-blue Reaganauts would rally to him rather than to Jack Kemp. Instead, he found only a trickle of supporters and contributors -- and realized he is a reluctant presser of flesh...
Alarmed beachgoers from New Jersey to North Carolina have seen more than 200 horribly disfigured bottle-nose dolphins wash ashore this summer with their flesh rotted and their livers damaged. Marine biologists suspect that an additional 200 dolphins have died at sea and that the entire coastal population is endangered. Last week scientists took a step toward identifying the mysterious killing disease: infection from common, usually harmless bacteria known as vibrios...