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...French literature was the grotesque kinglet of Poland invented nearly a century ago by Alfred Jarry in his play Ubu Roi. From the moment Ubu waddled onstage and pronounced his first line, "Merdrrre!," the vaporous culture of Symbolism was on the way out and something newer and indubitably nastier was on its way in. "After us the Savage God," noted W.B. Yeats, who was in the audience that night...
...POW/MIA Debate Gets Nastier...
...went on annual migrations. They may have cared for their young, and perhaps cooperated with one another to protect them from predators. Predators too were social. All but the oldest and biggest tyrannosaurs traveled in packs and attacked like prowling wolves, as did most of the smaller and nastier predators. (Despite popular belief, Tyrannosaurus was not necessarily the most vicious...
Elsewhere, researchers are discovering that a high-fat diet plays an even nastier role in heart trouble than previously thought. Besides raising cholesterol levels slowly over time, fat-rich meals can send the body's blood- clotting system into overdrive and make blood dangerously sludgy within a matter of hours, thus elevating the risk of a heart attack. The fatty foods apparently trigger production of factor VII, a blood-clotting substance, which in turn sets off a massive chemical reaction. The good news is that switching to a low-fat diet promptly eliminates the increased risk of an artery-plugging...
...Clinton's quick-reaction team without much to react to. Both campaigns put new negative ads on the air: Clinton's commercials attacked Bush's poor handling of the economy, while Bush's ads lampooned Clinton's enthusiasm for raising taxes in Arkansas. The race is sure to get nastier: both camps consider this first wave of negative spots to be in the kinder and gentler category...