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Hijuelos' deliciously extravagant imagination declares its presence on every page. His style is impassioned and almost impossibly lyrical. Often bawdy, Fourteen Sisters is also beautiful, reflective and wise. Particularly memorable is the birth of Emilio, who "descended out of the heaven of his mother's womb, through clouds of Cuban and Irish humors, slipping into this feminine universe at half past ten in an upstairs bedroom brilliant with sunlight, surrounded by the chatting, nervous, delighted, and overwhelming female presences that were his sisters...
WHEN DECIDING WHICH MEDICAL STUDIES TO BElieve, it's usually wise to consider who's paying the bill. Not always, though. While some research suggests that electromagnetic fields -- the kind given off by power lines and household appliances -- may increase the incidence of cancer, the latest in-depth study of the question shows no evidence of danger. Even though the research was financed by Southern California Edison, a major electric utility with an obvious financial stake in exonerating its product, the findings, published in the journal Epidemiology, appear to be legitimate...
...wise old manager, quits to concentrate on drinking and fishing, and is replaced by the Little Maniac, a pugnacious, team-wrecking Billy Martin caricature. Moses Yellowhorse, the lunatic fireballer, haunts the ball park, and so does Eileen the Bullpen Queen, an annie so astonishingly trashy that the players remember her name. The novel flows with lovely nonsense, summer after summer, until it is necessary to give Barr a slump so that he can recover and win the Series one more time. Author Baker slumps here, just a bit, then finds his groove again...
...best shape we've been in, hockey-wise," Alissi said. "Some days you come out flat and can't get your legs going. If your legs aren there, it's hard to get them going. When we play back-to-back [games] that's not easy...
...asking for limousine service at our beck and call. Every Harvard student knew before coming here that some walking was part of the package, and that, weather-wise, Harvard is no Stanford or Berkeley...