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...reclusive multimillionaire who preferred to work all night. A man terrified of germs who fought his growing array of ailments with a variety of drugs and massive vitamin injections. A brilliant and dominating figure who built an empire and who was both revered and feared. And now, to make the comparison more compelling still, the question of his fate. Even longtime intimates have not seen him in more than two years. They do not know whether he is living in seclusion by his own choice, or whether he is mentally incompetent and a captive of former underlings. Some...
...market these days identified either directly or by insinuation as natural, or as nature's, or as conducive to naturalness. Bloomingdale's, that barometer of with-itness, features jeans made of "natural stonewashed denim." Golden Key Creations of Fort Worth urges customers: "Be pure, natural, beautiful with Vitamin E cream!" Breeder's Choice Pet Foods has launched a new line of "all natural" dog food, which is the regular line bereft of additives, and Weleda, Inc., of Spring Valley, N.Y., sells "an all-natural, non-aerosol spray deodorant." Bootstrap Press of Glendale, Calif., offers a book that...
...most curious of the lot. To save the expense of hiring a model for his sculpture of a Crucifixion scene, he strapped himself to a large cross and observed himself before a full-length mirror. As children, Edie (born in 1943) and her younger sister Suky had needles of vitamin B injected daily in their bottoms. She recalled, or imagined, attempted rapes by her father and brothers. From the moment of conception into this modern House of Atreus, Edie was tracing a steep trajectory toward her own hell...
...authorities. A tape recording was made of the Toronto meeting at which Chanslor paid $500 to have a capsule of ricin brought to him in Houston. During the Houston meeting, on a videotape later shown to the jury, Chanslor handed over $2,500 for the capsule (which was actually vitamin C). Moments later Chanslor was arrested...
...much. Alcohol consumption, particularly when combined with smoking, has been linked to mouth, larynx, liver and lung cancers. Panel members were not, however, able to confirm reports that dietary fiber reduces the risk of bowel cancer. Nor was the evidence sufficient to convince them of the prophylactic benefits of vitamin E or the perils of preservatives, food dyes and other chemical additives...