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...always had an unusual fascination with the radio. I would sit for hours listening to static, trying to tune in distant stations on my small AM radio. The results were seldom thrilling. On a typical night I could hear stations from exotic places like Philadelphia and Troy, New York. One night I tuned in Buffalo and nearly ruptured a vein with glee...
...apparently a different one. Many melanoma victims have had three or more episodes of severe sunburn and blistering, usually as children or teenagers. Those experiences seem to set off a still mysterious process that results in the development of melanomas years later, often on parts of the body seldom exposed to the sun. Some evidence also exists that heredity plays a more important role in melanoma than in other skin cancers...
Though they may differ over politics, taxes and who puts out the best video exercise tape, Los Angeles residents seldom disagree about traffic congestion: it is horrific and steadily growing worse. Help may be on the way. This week the Blue Line, the first leg of the city's first light rapid-transit rail system for commuters, will begin running from downtown to Long Beach, 20 miles to the south, with 22 stops along the way. Fare: a flat...
Randall's fate is that he is seldom more than a wobbly focus of contention around which Miller examines the enigmas of matrimonial and blood ties. The breakup of the Eberhardt marriage and the difficulties of the children as they come of age in the counterculture 1960s and self-absorbed '70s are plausible with or without the issue of autism. In fact, when Miller is at her most perceptive and sympathetic, Randall, Bettelheim and Freud seem incidental baggage to this otherwise affecting family novel about changing values and resilient affections...
...Zhao's expulsion from the party. Friends now report that Zhao is at peace with his current situation. Small wonder. He may have lost his chauffeured Mercedes 500, but he still has a staff of five aides and an assigned Nissan that comes with, yes, a mini-bar. Zhao seldom leaves his house, spending most of his days reading and watching videotapes. One acquaintance quotes the ex-leader: "I didn't realize so many good movies existed...