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Malaak leads you up the stairs, past three framed posters of Miles Davis, past a shelf containing pictures of Rock's family and copies of books like Dorothy West's The Wedding, into the kitchen, where Rock, dressed in a Phat Farm T shirt, sweat pants and white gym socks, is watching the world track-and-field championships on TV and flipping through the sports section of the Daily News. Some of Rock's friends suggest that the couple have experienced domestic difficulties of late, but right now they look comfortable together; relaxed, laid back. Still, there's a little...
...crowded shelf of political autobiographies, John McCain's new book, Faith of My Fathers (Random House; 349 pages; $25), stands out in at least one way: it ends when the hero is only 36. It's not surprising that the Republican presidential hopeful would want to end the story there, with his release from a Vietnamese POW camp after 5 1/2 years of captivity. His Vietnam saga is, to say the least, riveting: try to imagine being strung up by your broken arms, beaten senseless by your captors and, then, when they offer you the chance to go home, saying...
...least you're not alone. There's a shelf full of medical reference books all in agreement that mitral-valve prolapse affects about 1 in 10 Americans--an estimated 27 million people--and is even more common among young women...
...took Mondavi another year to get its shelf space back, which it accomplished by wooing retailers and cutting prices. The average wholesale price for a 12-bottle case of Woodbridge dropped from $37.75 in 1998 to $36.65 this year. Partly to balance that, it raised prices on some of its more expensive wines (yes, there are still some businesses in which that is possible). Mostly because of increased Woodbridge volume after the price cuts, profits in the most recent quarter bounced up 24% over the previous year...
...corner, I found myself presented with an elaborate configuration of plastic domes. My mother had unpacked them. Look, I thought, a souvenir of every place I've ever visited--every amusement park rollercoaster I've ever been on. What is it doing here? It belongs on the second shelf of my bookcase, in my bedroom...