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...Mar. 9 7 p.m. Concert: Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen", D. 802; Die Schone Mullern...
...pitch-perfect gift for capturing the cadences of black speech that rivals the dialogue in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Mosley, the son of a black maintenance supervisor and a white Jewish mother, has, like Ellison, a nuanced appreciation for black-white relationships that goes beyond the stereotypes that mar much recent fiction by black authors. Gone Fishin', of course, is not in Invisible Man's league; few novels are. But it firmly establishes Mosley as a writer whose work transcends the thriller category and qualifies as serious literature. The big mystery is why any publisher would ever have turned...
Imagine waking up one morning and discovering an ungainly metal tower, 150 ft. tall, looming above the trees in your front yard. No, such a contraption--a stout monopole topped with a crown of antennas--doesn't yet mar my leafy corner of suburbia. But it will soon, unless I do something about it, and that prospect has spurred me, along with my neighbors, to churn out a torrent of letters, petitions and telephone calls. Why, we wonder, must Dallas-based PrimeCo Personal Communications plop its tower in a residential area of Du Page County, Illinois, when there are plenty...
...drugs can help people lose weight and keep it off if use of the drugs is combined with a reduced-calorie food plan, regular exercise and behavior modification. Pills alone do not create a healthy life-style. C. JOSEPH LABONTE, President and Chief Executive Officer Jenny Craig Inc. Del Mar, California...
...auspicious return to Cambridge was greeted by a parade celebrating Cambridge's longevity, which produced some longevity of its own upon Mass Ave. But that did not mar our return. Neither did the rampant road construction. Like soldiers of some long-returning army, we assiduously dragged our packages from storage one way or another, settled into our houses and marched back to the Yard, our former stomping ground. But it was not the same: the cheery red balloons waving in the Yard were not for our welcome; nary a Baybank employee tried to solicit us for the no-fee-until...