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...greatest of U.S. river systems. Starting as a trickle in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River sweeps south and west to absorb such tributaries as the Gunnison River, the Roaring Fork and the Frying Pan, until, after a passage of 1,400 miles, it empties with a gout of reddish, mineral-stained water into the Gulf of California...
...stage of London's Royal Festival Hall, father and son appeared in sharp contrast. Playing a reddish Stradivarius, David was short, pudgy and genial; playing a yellowing Guarnerius, Igor was tall, sleek and reserved. For the most part, the carefully selected program of Bach chamber music served to contrast them even more clearly, identify each as a commanding solo artist. Although critics agreed that Igor still has a long way to go before he can challenge his father's mastery, the younger man's forceful, exuberant interpretation of the Concerto for Violin in E neatly counterbalanced David...
...life. The deficiency diseases-scurvy, tropical sprue, pellagra -run rampant. In West Africa, for example, where meat is a luxury and babies must be weaned early to make room at the breast for later arrivals, a childhood menace is kwashiorkor, or "red Johnny," a growth-stunting protein deficiency (signs: reddish hair, bloated belly) that kills more than half its victims, leaves the rest prey for parasites and lingering tropical disease...
Regimen's Andre is currently riding the crest of another new fad of his own creation : Man-Tan, a colorless lotion costing $3 for a four-ounce bottle that by means of a chemical reaction on skin changes the color to a yellow or a reddish brown, withstands repeated washing. Andre worked for years on a Man-Tan formula, writing herb gardens all over the world for ideas. He claims he finally found the answer in a 1920s medical journal describing experiments with dihydroxyacetone, a chemical that doctors once used in the treatment of diabetes. The article noted that...
...mite, even smaller than a chickadee, blue-gray above and whitish below . . . long, contrastingly colored tail." It migrates through the whole of Texas, winters in the southern part, breeds in the northern. The black-tailed gnatcatcher has "less white on tail." Among the robin's maculate cousins, "the reddish tail is the hermit thrush's mark." The deadpan statement, "red eye is of little aid," has nothing to do with liquor but refers to the red-eyed vireo - better "characterized by the gray cap and the black-bordered white 'eyebrow' stripe...