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Hoffman is also able to bring to life a complex supporting cast of characters in a few swift paragraphs. They travel from open hostility toward this stranger, to liking her despite her imperfections, to loving her because of them. The most complacent wife discovers that love can disappear, not overnight but in the course of a hundred tuna casseroles served every Friday. No one is immune from dissatisfaction and its companion, desire, which can be tamped down but comes back unannounced. "You might find it when you slipped your hand into a rubber glove to scour the kitchen sink...
...films are being used to heighten athletes' sensitivity to rape and other violence. The Santa Monica center has produced a compelling 20-minute videotape titled Campus Rape, featuring L.A. Law stars Susan Dey and Corbin Bernsen. But even more stringent measures are needed. Among the suggestions: providing tough and swift discipline for violence on or off the field, shifting the emphasis in sports from winning to improving skills, and abolishing special residences for athletes...
...swift and sweeping popularity is often followed by a stinging backlash. That is as true for medical therapies as it is for hit TV series and fashionable restaurants. The latest example: Prozac, a drug taken to combat depression. Introduced in January 1988 and hailed as safer than competing medications, Prozac quickly surged to star status, thanks to skillful promotion by manufacturer Eli Lilly, glowing word of mouth among doctors and patients, and heavy media attention, including cover stories in Newsweek and New York. Sales are expected to top $700 million this year, making Prozac the leading antidepressant...
...Sandinistas seemed disinclined to push their protest as far as full- scale revolt. Nevertheless, Chamorro acted wisely to bring a swift halt to the unrest. As the rapid acceleration of violence showed, militants of all political stripes are eager to use any pretext to bash former foes. At the height of last week's confusion, her staunchest conservative critic, Vice President Virgilio Godoy, called for the formation of "Brigades of National Salvation," apparently hoping to deputize the armed groups that clashed with strikers. Not surprisingly, Chamorro's prudence was denounced by Godoy and other conservatives within her 14-party alliance...
Soon we were gagging at the fumes. The cat was panting feverishly, we were hosing down our van and our bodies with water from the truck. I had never before known how swift fire could be, and how efficient. Occasionally, the air would clear, and we would see the blue above the mountains; then the smoke was around us again, and a column of orange looming above. Someone pointed out that the one book we'd inadvertently managed to bring with us was called All the Right Places...