Word: raye
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...like litmus paper," writes Peter Guralnick in "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley," the first book in a meticulous two-volume biography. "He was SERIOUS about his work. Whenever [Elvis' first manager Bob] Neal went by the house, he found him with a stack of records - Ray Charles and Big Joe Turner and Big Mama Thornton and Arthur ?Big Boy' Crudup - that he studied with all the avidity that other kids focused on their college exams. He listened over and over, seeming to hear something that no one else could hear...
...airports look largely the same as they did before the Dec. 31 deadline, and much of the bomb screening will be done as it was previously - out of the sight of passengers. The security checkpoints - where passengers walk through metal detectors and put their carry-ons into X-ray machines - won't change...
...special paper it comes with; with regular paper, it's just a plain old pen--and a fat one at that; the IO is so thick, it's like writing with a banana. But it works, and although it's not perfect, the IO is a ray of hope for analog authors stuck in an increasingly digital world. --By Lev Grossman
...controversy may have died down over whether women should have routine mammograms (they should, say most experts). But now comes news that the X ray may offer an entirely new benefit: detecting heart disease. Tiny calcium deposits in the breast's arteries may be an early sign of trouble in the arteries of the heart. In a 10-year study presented last week to the Radiological Society of North America, Mayo Clinic researchers reported a 20% increase in the risk of heart disease in women with a significant number of breast-arterial calcifications. (These calcifications--streaky white lines...
...across Southern California, Martin moved a trailer onto the long-abandoned Augustine reservation in Coachella, a 500-acre desert tract then littered with garbage, discarded household appliances and junk cars, about 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs. There she lived with her three children and African-American husband William Ray Vance. In 1994, membership in the tiny tribe dwindled from three adults to one when Martin's two brothers were killed during separate street shootings in Banning, Calif. Police said both men were involved in drug deals and were members of a violent Los Angeles street gang...