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...energy boom of the late 1970s and early '80s provided Silverado with plenty of opportunities for long-shot ventures with big returns. "It was a real Western boom that made the gold and silver days look pale by comparison," remembers Jim Thomas, executive director of Colorado's Independent Bankers Association. "We attracted all the con men, promoters, hucksters and sleaze artists in sight...
Perhaps not by Wexler, but certainly by Frederick Barthelme's latest poke at the pale-faced middle class. Barthelme has a laconic style suited to describing low-grade depression, a bland Houston subdivision, and the delicate condition of a marriage. It is as if he had before him the psychological equivalent of paint chips representing the subtle states of being blue...
...summer day, nine-month-old Rayvon Jamison was maneuvering his blue-and-white walker toward the refrigerator in his grandmother's kitchen. Suddenly, seven 9-mm bullets ripped through the tin-plated front door, one piercing his tiny body. Rayvon's chilling shrieks of pain shot through the dingy pale brick apartment building in the Highbridge section of the Bronx. His mother Esther scooped up the bleeding child and ran down five flights of stairs and into the street screaming, "They shot my baby! They shot my baby!" Within the hour Rayvon was dead, the innocent victim of a pointless...
...something wrong with the 73-year-old President of France? For months the health of Francois Mitterrand has been a source of quiet concern among some world leaders. In the Florida Keys last April for talks with President Bush, Mitterrand looked deathly pale, says a U.S. official, and his color since then has ranged "from gray to green, neither of which is good." Some who do business with Mitterrand note that his once imposing intellect and presence seem dulled, apparently by fatigue. He tires easily in meetings and seems to have a short attention span; during last month's economic...
...efforts of the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society, which attempt to spread the word through posters, pamphlets, newspaper ads and an occasional billboard. Hollywood may help. Some of today's most popular female stars, including Kim Basinger and Geena Davis, shun the sun, projecting a pale beauty that could influence a new generation. Manufacturers of sunscreens seem to have caught on. Store shelves these days display more screens with sun- protection factors of 15, 25 and 30 than with the once familiar 4 and 8 ratings...