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...shards in this distinctive collection. The stories are all in the first person, but each one presents a new character. An afflicted 15-year-old girl becomes involved with a 27-year-old man of ambiguous sexuality; an older woman, teetering on the edge of a breakdown, decides to jog instead of swim because "not only is running not cold, but I won't drown if I should stop suddenly"; another woman, traveling in Latin America, is dazzled by the profusion of rich colors but daydreams about the frail hands of her dying mother: "I traced with my finger...
...days after the House of Representatives rejected Reagan's request for aid to the contras, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega forsook his usual morning jog to sit down in a wellappointed sitting room next to his Managua office for an interview with TIME Correspondent Laura Lopez. Casually dressed and sporting a black Swatch watch, Ortega was relaxed and open, although half a dozen armed guards lurked just outside the door. Excerpts from his remarks...
...Daniel is a simple man who doesn't like pretension," said a close Ortega adviser. When he visited New York City last fall to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United Nations, Ortega kept to his usual running schedule and took an early-morning jog through Central Park. He generally runs from five to six miles a day. For dinner, he sought out local Chinese restaurants...
Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska's observation that "aborigines and immigrants and poorer Australians don't have much to do with the sexy, healthy, multi-orgasmic highly successful Australian woman who jog, drink cocktails and relax in their bathtubs" points out that the sexual revolution has been primarily a bourgeois one for Western audiences who can afford to dwell upon appeasing libidos instead of hunger. Emecheta claims that Western women have, in fact, undervalued themselves by staying within the capitalist framework and focusing on the need to "relearn how to be a woman." Her claim echoes other Third World feminists...
...evaluation of how well Americans shape up, along with the latest news about nutrients. Says Managing Editor Ray Cave: "A major change in modern life has been the increasing understanding of the benefits of fitness and preventive medicine. It is not a fad or craze. It is not a jog, it is here for the long...