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Ireland's newest intended export to the U.S. may not have the sparkle of Waterford crystal or the rich flavor of Guinness Stout, but it sure is earthy. The product is peat, the decayed moss that the Irish have traditionally harvested from the bottom of bogs and burned for heat and in cooking. The Irish Turf Board said last week that sometime this fall it aims to start selling briquettes of the material -- packed in shamrock-adorned cardboard boxes containing twelve lbs. each -- in U.S. supermarkets. Ireland's peat harvesters hope the carton of sod will be a popular souvenir...
Italy, of course, is a favored setting of English and American fiction in which innocents abroad are stirred by art and sensuality. Spencer continues to use the convention effectively. The Cousins, a story in her newest collection, Jack of Diamonds, could be titled Maidenhead Revisited. Ella Mason, 50 and recently widowed, returns to Florence, where she and her hometown cousins from Martinsville, Ala., enjoyed a summer's frolic 30 years ago. One of them, Eric, now lives in Italy, and through a pleating of conversations and memories, Spencer reveals a complexity of attitudes and relationships. Not the least of them...
...models. The new T-80 travels at a sluggish 40 m.p.h., but is equipped with a lethal 125-mm cannon and laser-guided fire control. One big advance is shields of "reactive" armor that explode on contact to deflect projectiles fired by all but the newest NATO tanks...
...former Tennessee Governor is the newest hot prospect. Like Dukakis, he has a reputation as a competent state executive. He kept Tennessee's economy healthy during a downturn, and he is popular with black voters. He could cement Bush's base in the South and bring clout on the education issue. But Tennessee has only eleven electoral votes, and Alexander enjoys little national recognition...
Using computer graphics and controls, the newest simulators re- create reality -- or sci- fi fantasy -- with gut- wrenching accuracy...