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...were still encased in their dark, crinkly husks. Once those drab coverings were stripped away and the interiors polished to a glossy sheen, Potrykus and his colleagues would behold the seeds' golden secret. At their core, these grains were not pearly white, as ordinary rice is, but a very pale yellow--courtesy of beta-carotene, the nutrient that serves as a building block for vitamin...
...White Satin - Moody Blues 2. White Wedding -Billy Idol 3. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 4. Smooth - Santana 5. Broken Wings - Mister Mister 6. Here Comes the Sun - Beatles 7. Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan 8. Long Cool Woman - Hollies 9. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 10. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum...
There are exceptions, of course, to my anti-green condiment rule. Green chile sauce (? la Tabasco) is passable, I suppose, but even though it's often hotter than its red counterpart, it always seems a pale imitation. Green salsa is palatable, but generally brings to mind questions I'd rather not contemplate while eating, like: How did this color come into being? What sort of bizarre food colorings am I consuming? Could I use this salsa in a multimedia performance art project...
...rather for their presumed appeal to gay and lesbian readers. That appeal, moreover, is calculated as narrowly as possible, so that the mere mention of gayness in a book's title qualifies it for admission. A reader's understanding of homosexuality might be profoundly influenced by Nabokov's Pale Fire or the tales of Henry James, or by Shakespeare's plays or Homer's epics; instead, the Hormel Center offers The Gay Book of Quotations...
Christopher John Farley's article "A Whiter Shade of Pale" about white rapper Eminem greatly offended me [MUSIC, May 29]. Eminem, a.k.a. Slim Shady, belongs in a psychiatric ward. How can Americans wonder why tragedies such as Jonesboro and Columbine happen when music with offensive lyrics like Eminem's are out there for any and all to absorb? Don't listen to Eminem's degrading lyrics. If he doesn't have an audience, he has no career. There is much better music around. KENDAL DAVIS Hubertus...