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...have enough money so that they can skip from London to country and from town house to studio when the need arises, as it so often does. Their conversation is spare and broody and liberally sprinkled with dots: "I lack the . . . the stamina . . . yes." Along the way the cliches mount, crowned by the blatant use of children's deaths to prod the action toward some kind of climax; otherwise Sin would be a serial. Here's hoping the other six vices are not on Hart's agenda...
...your midsection? It could be indigestion, gallstones, an exotic infection, stress, maybe even cancer. Should you consult a gastroenterologist, a tropical-disease expert, a psychiatrist or an oncologist? Once a patient climbs onto the specialist merry-go-round, it can be hard to get off. The medical bills mount, and the frustration soars...
...correspondents hold deep, largely positive feelings toward it -- not as a lost continent but as one yet to be found. "If I could arrange it, I think I would live there," says Morrow. He has even pinpointed the spot: "Probably around the Great Rift Valley, northwest of Mount Kenya on the Laikipia plateau." He could do worse...
Giving scientists only half an hour of warning, Mount Spurr, 130 km (80 miles) west of Anchorage, erupted violently on Tuesday afternoon, sending a plume of ash 16 km (10 miles) into the air. It descended on Alaska's largest city a few hours later, blackening the sky and filling the air with a choking fall of what looked like gray snow. Cars and planes were stopped to protect engines from the abrasive grit, and people -- especially those with respiratory ailments -- were advised to stay indoors until the next morning...
...perspective. The hero and his mistress are egoists gone on fame and oblivious to the welfare of the masses. Off the poop deck, Nelson is an unimposing shrimp. Without her billowing satins, Emma the society swan is grossly overstuffed. Most of the action takes place in Naples, where nearby Mount Vesuvius huffs and puffs. It is a natural wonder, but also an unavoidable symbol of molten passion and the republican revolution that erupts in France and spreads south...