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...with an unpleasant habit of sneering at his own cardboard characters," writes criticJohn Skow. Some writers can carry this off; Boyle definitely can't. His new novel (Viking; 355 pages; $23.95) has possibilities in its discussion of the shuddering distaste of California's Anglos for the Mexican illegals who perform the state's stoop labor. But the author mistrusts his skill and the reader's acuteness. "This is weak, obvious stuff," says Skow, "worth a raised eyebrow and a shrug...
...long, 2,900-lb. vehicle is shaped like a chubby, winged torpedo but flies like an underwater bird. Compared with the hard-to-maneuver submersibles that now haul deep-sea explorers sluggishly around the oceans, Deep Flight is an aquatic F-16 fighter. It can perform barrel rolls, race a fast-moving pod of whales or leap vertically right out of the sea. With a touch on the controls, a skilled pilot--who lies prone in a body harness, his or her head protruding into the craft's hemispherical glass nose--can skim just below the ocean's surface...
Silverstone was handpicked by director/screenwriter Amy Heckerling to play Cher, after Heckerling saw her perform in several Aerosmith videos--one of which required her to bungee-jump off a bridge. Silverstone also starred in The Crush with Cary Elwes. Looking like a young Meg Ryan, Silverstone performs perfectly as Cher, right down to every hint of a smile and wave of her hand...
...animal). Last year Sean Carroll, a developmental biologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Madison, Wisconsin, showed that a homeobox gene involved in insect-limb formation also controls the genetic signals that paint spots on butterfly wings. In essence, says Carroll, butterflies use an old gene to perform a new trick. "Evolution did not have to invent new genes," he observes. "One basic toolbox gives nature enormous potential for diversity...
...Holzer's view, the best accommodations are often the least costly. She speaks from experience. Her daughter Margaret, 29, is a quadriplegic who makes her living selling reservations for a large hotel chain. All Margaret needs to perform her job is an inexpensive wooden dowel, which she uses to tap the computer keyboard. "That," says Holzer, "is not putting an undue burden on anyone...