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Four times in the first two pages she uses the word "mystery." With a kind of metaphysical awe she notes that there are 228 muscles in the head of a caterpillar, 6 million leaves on a big elm, 14 billion root hairs on a rye plant. Then she drops her bomb on Eden: Why? "My God what a world. There is no accounting for one second of it," she cries. "The question from agnosticism is, Who turned on the lights? The question from faith is, Whatever...
...price (sandals, shoes and boots sell for between $23.50 and $42.50 per pair); buyers constantly tout the comfort of Earth Shoes. "They are about all we wear," says Malibu Housewife Joan Lloyd. "My corkie platforms are now just taking up room in the closet." Frank Palermo, 27, of Rye, N.Y., notes that his Earth Shoes did what four years at the Air Force Academy in Colorado could not do: teach him to stand up straight. The curious, heels-down construction forces the wearer to lean backward more, and thus to tuck in the belly and bottom and straighten the spine...
...lean years as a TV gagwriter and obscure success as one of the creators of I've Got a Secret, Sherman achieved instant stardom with such lyrics as "Do not make a stingy sandwich./ Pile the cold cuts high./ Customers should see salami/ Comin' thro' the rye...
Employees at the Royal York hotel in Toronto will strip the lobby bare, moving couches, chairs, lamps and even rugs to the basement for safekeeping. Liquor stores across Canada plan to stock an extra supply of beer and rye whisky. Toronto police are scheduled to work overtime shifts, and families will cut short outings this Sunday to gather at home. All this in preparation for a football game...
...from delicatessens. Although this Jewish style deli is not in the same league as Katz's Delicatessen on New York's lower east side (and it is not Kosher), in the Harvard Square area the Midget is probably the closest you'll come to a decent corned-beef-on-rye with a side order of kishka. The triple decker "College Sandwiches" are well worth their prices, and bagels with cream cheese and lox are available (a rarity in this town). The adjoining maxi bar and lounge is comfortable and its booze is served at reasonable prices. (Try the scotch...