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DREAM WEAVER: Penguin Putnam is solidly behind "The Dream of Scipio" by Iain Pears (Riverhead; June 3), the author of the runaway success "An Instance of the Fingerpost." We even received a note from Susan Petersen Kennedy, the president of Penguin Putnam: "I feel compelled to write you about Iain...
All of which makes Karzai's mission to Rome later this week especially important. He is going there to bring back the country's exiled King, Mohammed Zahir Shah, in an effort to reconstitute national unity. The King's 40-year reign, the country's last taste of peace and...
The ex-monarch also has some personal priorities upon his return. One of his first visits outside Kabul will be to a small farm 30 km north of the capital where he'd once grown grapes, melons and pears. After heavy fighting in the region, Zahir Shah doesn't know...
A small basket of flowers (“Oh, I better call her. Sometimes they wilt down here!” exclaims Romeo as he heads to the phone) and a carton of fresh pears from Oregon rest among the packages on the left wall of shelves.
After 30 years of head-scratching, scientists have finally found the answer to the question, “Why apples and not pears?”