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...prefers to be known, an "evil genius"--who gave the creature only one instinct: "to destroy everything it touches." Stitch escapes to Earth, a primitive planet that the Turans have allowed to exist as a "protected wildlife preserve to repopulate the mosquito." Stitch wanders into a dog pound and is adopted by the desperately needy Lilo; she figures "he used to be a collie before he got ran over." Will Lilo, herself something of a little monster, be able to turn this space Satan into a nicely domesticated Hawaiian--a ukul-alien? It's Disney Darwinism: survival of the cutest...
...others finish sermons throughout his trip to Azerbaijan and Bulgaria. But even small concessions to his illness can be painfully frustrating for him. When an aide retrieved a handkerchief that fell from his shaky grasp in Bulgaria, at least one reporter saw the Pope grab it back and "pound it hard against his thigh." And so he seems determined to go ahead with a pilgrimage to Canada, Mexico and Guatemala planned for July 23-Aug. 2. Dziwisz may be the only person who can advise John Paul not to jeopardize his health further by making the trip. But Dziwisz...
...land of the rising sun for Isaac Adamson's second hard-boiled mystery, Hokkaido Popsicle (HarperPerennial; 329 pages). Banished to the northern island's remote Hotel Kitty for punching a film director in the face, Chaka is left to analyze the innermost thoughts of his roommate, a "six-pound female Japanese bobcat of distinguished-merit parentage" before an elderly porter abruptly keels over in his room. That same night, Yoshimura ("Yoshi") Fukuzatsu, leader of Japan's most popular rock band, turns up dead in a run-down Tokyo love hotel, providing Adamson with ample opportunity to riff on every Japan...
...Hayek’s career ended with a third-place finish in the 125-pound class at the EIWA Championships. Rechul successfully defended his EIWA heavyweight championship with a victory over Brown’s Bronson Lingamfelter, who had bested Rechul earlier this year. O’Donnell placed third at EIWAs at 165 pounds, good enough to earn a wild card spot at the NCAAs...
Jantzen concluded his stellar season by placing fifth in April’s U.S. senior national open tournament. Another Harvard representative, Danielle Hobeika ’01, came in second in the women’s 112-pound class...