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Bailey says he had consulted the parents of Baby Fae and "completely informed them of all other possibilities to save their child's life." And the Loma Linda Ethics Board, made-up of citizens and doctors, reviewed and gave approval to the operation, says spokesperson Baker...
...baseball is a sport I've cared about-it's not a made-up thing. I started out a Cubs fan, moved over to the [minor league] San Francisco Seals, then to the Dodgers...
...guide-the Fool who lives by his wits--offers an irony typical of the treatment as he describes a foray into a Paris brothel, only to be interrupted repeatedly by queries about the latest news. But the real highlight is Mastroianni, as the decaying Casanova combines, a grotesquely made-up decaying body with a still seductive charm. He is grandly impotent, self-mocking and proud, a magnetic presence in the midst of a cast of predictable caricatures. The mix does produce poignant moments, as when the carriage briefly unfolds its characters at a hill and they start singing Don Giovanni...
...they are Israelis and Palestinians, locked in a struggle that produces daily headlines, committed to opposing causes that can make otherwise civilized people murderous. Expropriating the contemporary Middle East into a novel is literally asking for trouble. What writer could keep such demons, once unleashed, from tearing a made-up story apart...
...mean readers seeking substantial fare should look elsewhere? Other queries quickly arise. Is this Erato who breaks into Miles' story real or a figment of his imagination? Wait a minute. She has always been a myth (has she not?), and what could possibly be called real in a made-up story that takes place entirely in a gray area suspiciously resembling a brain...