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...what J.R.R. Tolkien called the "Tree of Tales" could put forth a green and growing shoot like the Harry books--a branch that can serve as a broomstick to bear us "lands away" and, better still, worlds within. Congratulations, J.K. Rowling, on constructing a real, working transPotter! ANDRE NORTON, GRAND MASTER Science Fiction Writers of America Murfreesboro, Tenn...
...Corbetts--and millions like them--the grand has been taken out of grandparenting, leaving them with all the responsibilities of raising a child. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 3.7 million grandparents had grandchildren living with them in 1997, about 35% without a parent present. Some are as young as 35; others are in their 80s. They cross social, economic and religious lines, and their numbers are rising...
This has been a week for kiosks and basic morality, morality grand and misjudged and morality small but significant. First, the latest from the Out of Town News kiosk: Religion has been in forefront of coverage in both Massachusetts and New York without much good reason. New York mayor Rudy "It's not art if I can do it" Guiliani has withdrawn funding from the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibit "Sensation" because he's offended by a portrait of the Virgin Mary stained with elephant dung and surrounded by a collage of fragments from porn magazines. The First Amendment...
Harvard broke in brand-new Princeton Stadium in grand fashion, as a Menick halfback pass that went for a 41-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner in a 23-22 contest. Sophomore Josh Wilske adjusted nicely to the ball in the air as he dragged a defender into the endzone...
...some of the subtlest humor anywhere: news anchor Kent Brockman announces that 38 million American are obese and adds "Put together, this excess blubber would be enough to fill up the Grand Canyon two fifths of the way up. This might not sound very impressive, but keep in mind this is a very large canyon...