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...Mark Helprin's next novel. In a time of recession in the publishing industry, the purchase seemed profligate. But it has already begun to pay off. A first printing of 50,000 has disappeared rapidly, and the book has already made the bestseller list. Yet all these achievements pale beside Helprin's purple aura of selfimportance...
...uneasy encounters between newcomers and natives in the ruburbs have historical precedents going back to Massasoit and the Pilgrims. The Indian chief surely wondered who were these guys in their buckled shoes and pale skins. The wood-stove installer emerging from the package store with a six-pack may also wonder who are these characters in their button-down shirts and patchwork shorts, and what are they doing with the Economist instead of Dirt Rider?ln fact, what the hell are they doing here...
...pale, slender young man speaking with reporters in Washington last week could scarcely have appeared more American. He was dressed in blue jeans and Nike sneakers, with a pair of aviator-style sunglasses dangling from the V neck of an open polo shirt, and his longish blond hair was tousled and curly. But the Russian accent was unmistakable, even as he began speaking in colloquial English: "The thing that I want to say is that I don't want to stay here." In another second came the more formal, doubtless well-rehearsed appeal: "I ask the American authorities...
Despite PIK's problems, the Government insists the program will save taxpayers $9 billion in storage costs and other outlays in fiscal 1984 through 1986. The savings pale, however, next to the estimated $21.2 billion that will be spent this year on farm price supports, five tunes the outlays of fiscal 1981. Says Agriculture Secretary John Block: "The costs that we are looking at today really are unacceptable." In preparation for redrafting the current farm bill, which expires in 1985, Block last week convened a two-day, closed-door "summit" of farm and agricultural business leaders to thrash...
...beverages that the micros produce are more akin to imported German or English brews than to Budweiser Miller or other light, pale lager beers. The alcoholic content can range as high as 7% compared with less than 5% for most major domestic brands. "Our beer is richer, heavier, hoppier," says William Newman, 36, the founder of Wm. S. Newman Brewing (1982 sales: $103,000) in Albany. "There's simply a market out there for more distinctive beer." Some beer drinkers agree. Says Terry Czech, a roofer who lives in Schenectady, N.Y.: "I've gone several miles...