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SECOND OPINION A bit flaky, or at least an oversimplification, say independent dermatologists. "No one knows for sure what causes dandruff," says Bruce Robinson, a dermatologist and spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology. "That's the frustrating part." Fungus may be the root cause, says Robinson, or it may simply be "a bystander" that likes to hang out with big clumps of skin cells. Inflammation of the scalp or excessive oil secretions may also play a role. For each theory, there's a remedy. Products like Head & Shoulders, Nizoral A-D and Selsun Blue have compounds that fight fungus...
...Some of these events occurred after "Hellfire" went to press. The book is beautifully written, of course - Tosches is the Sugar Ray Robinson of biographers, muscular but not muscle-bound, gliding, circling, then stinging with an insight - and has an unflagging, indeed accelerating, vigor for 150 pages. Eventually, though, the narrative winds down into terse renditions of Jerry Lee's police blotter. It's as if Tosches were waiting, with suppressed impatience, for his subject to expire or explode...
...force the victim to make another maximum daily withdrawal after the clock turns over, usually at midnight. A victim who doesn't resist usually isn't hurt and is dropped off in a remote location, often only half an hour or so after he was first grabbed. --By David Robinson...
...Wizards, may be looking for a new name soon if MCI's parent, WorldCom, declares bankruptcy or looks to cut its costs. The news isn't all bad, however. Firms such as Staples (Los Angeles) and HSBC (Buffalo, N.Y.) are doing well with their names on scoreboards. --By David Robinson...
...besides, we are a unit within WorldCom, so nothing's going to happen with us. We are their cash cow. They're not going to do anything to harm their cash cow, O.K.? So let's get your name as it appears on your telephone bill... --By David Robinson...