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DIED. MARK O'BRIEN, 49, author and poet; from complications of bronchitis; at his home in Berkeley, Calif. O'Brien, the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Breathing Lessons, wrote by typing with a stick in his mouth. He lived in a 650-lb. iron lung most of his life...
...fruits and vegetables, which contain it, seem to help. Lycopene might not be the answer, but it too is found in fruits and vegetables. Fiber works--and again, fruits and vegetables (especially beans), as well as whole grains, are an ideal source. So along with giving up tobacco (mouth, throat and lung cancer) and limiting alcohol consumption (too much booze leads to cirrhosis, which leads to liver cancer), the best way to prevent a broad range of cancers, given the current state of medical knowledge, is to eat more fruits and vegetables. That sort of diet will help you stay...
Anyway, Salinger broke off the relationship after less than a year. Maynard kept her mouth shut for 25 years until telling all in a memoir and then putting 14 of Salinger's love letters on the auction block. Peter Norton, a Silicon Valley tycoon, bought the letters last week for $156,000 and announced that he was going to return them to Salinger. For this, Norton has been hailed a noble do-gooder, although I think he's a bit of a killjoy, using his money to quash a nice little scandal right at the beginning of summer...
...client: "Where is the lesson in all this?" First of all, if you covet your privacy, never commit anything to writing. If you absolutely must express something to a lover, wife or husband, I recommend the Gambino-family-style "walk and talk." Stroll outside with your interlocutor, covering your mouth with your hand as you converse. Make your conversation as vague as possible, and pepper it with inaudible remarks and gross expletives. Here is an example of a man using this technique to break up with his girlfriend...
...Christina's Guava Pineapple sorbet is the perfect summer choice. Though we couldn't taste the pineapple, we didn't mind. The icy confection doesn't contain any dairy products and it melts in your mouth. The ice cream sells for $1.50 a scoop...