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Rather than offer us further adventures of his protagonists. Brother William of Baskerville and his loyal it confused sidekick Adso of Melk, Eco uses Postscript to show off all the work he did in writing The Name of the Rose. In a volume shorter than even its paltry 84 pages would suggest, Eco chats with us over the meaning of the book's title and more The book's theme raises enough coffee-table questions to run up a sizable bill at the Pamplona: "How much should an author identify with his characters?" "Can an historical novel be truly modern...
Studies have shown that obese people have three times the normal incidence of high blood pressure and diabetes, an increased risk of heart disease, a shorter life-span, and an unusually high risk of developing respiratory disorders, arthritis and certain types of cancer. A severely obese woman, for example, has five times the normal risk of developing cancer of the uterine lining and a heightened risk of breast and cervical cancers. Men who are significantly overweight have an increased chance of developing malignancies of the colon, rectum and prostate...
...Crimson, whese starting five will be an average of five inclies shorter than the Blue Devlis's starting five, will look to senior Co-Captain Joc Carrabino to keep things close...
...Reagan holds firm on Star Wars, he might as well abandon his pursuit of drastic reductions in existing Soviet weaponry. The best he could hope for would be an interim agreement that somewhat lowers existing ceilings on strategic weapons and perhaps imposes some new subceilings to cover shorter- range weapons. There is no guarantee that the President would approve such a plan. It would mean siding with State Department moderates against Pentagon hard-liners. The plot would thicken further, since there are divisions within the State Department as well. Paul Nitze, who is Shultz's special adviser on arms control...
There are sound reasons for such a project. Full-length ballets do better at the box office than evenings of shorter pieces. The Joffrey, never a company in robust financial health, turned naturally to the work of the late John Cranko because the Joffrey had success when it staged his Taming of the Shrew. Similarly, A.B.T. went to MacMillan, who signed on five months ago as "artistic associate" to Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov. Each organization claimed ignorance of the other's plans until it was too late to change them. The result is that audiences in Washington, Los Angeles...