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This true story of the woman who unwittingly spread a lethal epidemic lifted documentary into poetry. Mark St. Germain's play, part fevered memory, part aborted repentance, was hauntingly staged by artistic director Gregory S. Hurst on a painterly landscape blending hospital confines with the lonely beauty of the dunes. As Mary, Estelle Parsons blazed in denial...
...reckoning, which listed 29 items, came to $1,036.40. Plus $30 for a shampoo to wash away that nasty kennel odor. Flash will be sleeping on his favorite rug underneath the Christmas tree this week. Santa may bring him a nice rubber toy to chew on instead of those lethal sticks. And how about a pet health-insurance plan for his impoverished owners...
...Northern Ireland the activities of the I.R.A. and Protestant extremists have been more lethal, taking 89 lives this year. But as a government spokesman explained, "It doesn't make news to bomb in Northern Ireland. Fire bombs in London at Christmas cause lots of publicity...
...studies show that aspirin really does protect against cancer, doctors warn that it will never be a substitute for exercise, a low- fat, high-fiber diet or not smoking. Too many heart-disease patients have latched on to aspirin as a panacea and as an excuse to avoid changing lethal habits. The latest findings will probably, alas, tempt others to do the same...
Alan: He took Seconal -- a lethal dose, far above a therapeutic dose -- phenobarbital, codeine and alcohol. He was legally drunk. The book tells you to chase the pills down with vodka, and we found an open bottle of vodka in his apartment...