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...entertainment that blends the sublime with the slightly ridiculous, The Burden of Proof need not undergo strenuous cross-examination. It is a good story well told. Its characters are substantial, and its underlying theme of family has been central to the popular novel from War and Peace to The * Godfather. So here is a forecast you can't refuse: this summer, readers from Montauk to Maui will be turning the pages of Turow's book fast enough to air- condition the country...
Darden, who liked to wear capes and tool around town in a vintage Rolls, was a perfect archetype for the troupe: brainy, unorthodox, funny, demanding and supercilious. He takes up a lot of space in this dishy backstage book: even here, the star system prevails. Despite the author's strenuous attempts at seriousness, the eruptive, disruptive talents who made the theater memorable are the same ones who make The Compass a good read...
...surprise is the breadth and depth with which the nation has reasserted its greenspiritedness less than a decade after electing Ronald Reagan, a President clearly hostile to environmental interests. In one recent poll some 80% of Americans said they would support more strenuous environmental efforts regardless of cost. But better measures of the nation's sense of urgency about preserving the planet are the stories of people like Lynda Draper, 40, whose fight against ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon emissions began in the kitchen of her Ellicott City, Md., home early last year. "I was basically a PTA volunteer," says Draper, until...
...WHICH GEORGE DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? Author, gadfly and bon vivant George Plimpton found his recent weekend with George Bush at Camp David strenuous. Among the activities: bowling, tiddlywinks, horseshoes (a presidential triumph), skeet shooting and wally ball (a version of volleyball played on a handball court). Plimpton was surprised that there were no interruptions or calls all weekend -- until their tennis game. "He threw the ball up to serve and the phone rang -- a very odd thing to hear in a forest." The Commander in Chief strode over, picked it up, listened for a moment, and looked...
...suit manufacturer in 1952, O'Neill branched into sportswear five years ago with a line of trunks and tops. Clothes for snowboarding were a natural extension, since that sport is favored by many surfers. O'Neill's winterwear ranges from insulated shells ($90) to full suits made for extra- strenuous performance...