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...Soviet Union has opened to foreigners. Christa (Kit) Malone, no longer a lonely adolescent girl, makes a pilgrimage to Russia to excavate the true history of her relationship with Innokenti Isayevich Falin, a recently exiled Russian poet. He has vanished under mysterious circumstances—with his life’s work—and Kit has published her translations of his poems under her name. Whatever she unearths about his mystery, it is also her own: Kit’s journey to Russia reconciles her to her own past as much as to Falin?...
...They hand out this kit that’s really helpful and really well-researched and you’re with 500 people and everyone’s really awkward,” Levit-Shore says. “If you asked anyone what happened, no one has any idea...
...steel myself for another night of barhopping. The city's best drag runs down Huanshi Dong Road, around the Garden Hotel. I pick out the Hill Bar, tel: (86-20) 8333-3998 ext. 3913, and Gypsy King, tel: (86-20) 8387-5177. Decorated with a Hard Rock Caf? starter kit, the Hill should have been unforgivably cheesy but has a friendly vibe that somehow mixes classic rock and Canto-pop without imploding. The Gypsy King, where the locals come to see and be seen, is bathed in scarlet light and packed with a mixed crowd even on a weeknight...
...REPAIR KIT In a scientific first, researchers report that adult stem cells circulating in the bloodstream don't just regenerate the blood supply; they can also morph into skin, liver and intestinal tissue. What's the significance? The news suggests that the body may have a stash of universal repair cells, capable of being dispatched to wherever they are needed--and which someday may be used to treat disease without having to rely on the controversial stem cells taken from human embryos...
...Somebody help me!" and then calling for "water, contact solution, anything you have." Passengers passed cups and glasses back to the scene. One of the attendants poured a bottle of water over Reid, who was then restrained with passengers' belts and sedated with drugs from the onboard medical kit. For the rest of the tense flight--the captain had warned that Reid might have accomplices onboard--passengers and crew guarded their prisoner, one of them keeping a grip on his long ponytail. Escorted by Air Force fighters, Flight 63 was diverted to Boston, where Reid was taken into custody...