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...weight alone (3 lbs. 7 1/2 oz.) would seem the right heft for a doorstop and the wrong one for a best seller. But King has become a brand name himself, and his publishers ordered a supernatural first printing of 800,000 copies -- and then demanded five additional printings, for a current total of 1,025,000 copies. When an author receives that kind of recognition, two factors are at work: his skills and the vitality of his genre. King, who regards It as a "very badly constructed book," may be a little too hard on himself. But the frightful...
...running for re-election to Congress. Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, after dropping broad hints about 1988, appears to be having second thoughts. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has concentrated on the hectic legislative session and campaigning for colleagues who are up for re-election. Though he still lacks organizational heft, his decision to tend to Senate duties seems to have helped Dole emerge as Bush's most formidable competition. For the moment...
...those heels, the '80s women onstage do strut and stomp. Jasmine Guy, a Diana Ross with funk, does proud by the Tina Turner anthem River Deep -- Mountain High. Laura Theodore works her heft, raunch and four-octave range on a rendition of Ball and Chain that could raise the dead, including Janis Joplin. And to hear Gina Taylor attack Aretha's Do Right Woman -- Do Right Man (four minutes of riffs that ascend into the ionosphere of emotional pride and pain) is to feel a standing ovation from the hairs on the back of your neck. "We're not trying...
Sandwiches account for the form and popularity of packaged American sliced bread because the uniform slices permit neat, orderly results, easy to hold or wrap. Hero sandwiches, based on the box lunches carried by Italian construction workers, are exceptions to the rule of trimness and are valued for their heft. They have spawned several American variations, known as submarines, torpedoes, grinders, hoagies and, in the South, po' boys (all the ingredients a poor--and hungry--boy can fit into one sandwich). These in turn are the forerunners of the New Orleans muffuletta, a round hero full of Italian ham, salami...
Starting guard Maurice "The Stove" Frilot was moved to fullback to provide blocking heft for the Harvard backfield. The 252-pounder plowed through a Tiger defender, leading the way for Tony Hinz' Walter Payton-style touchdown dive...