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...sure? As an experienced journalist who has contributed to The New Yorker for more than 50 years, Hahn balances her enthusiasms for the unknown with a reverence for facts and, when necessary, the lack of them. "Though total silence still holds between the two species," she writes of chimps and men, "the linguistic exchanges now happening will serve to underscore the close biological relationship between the two." Still, like the upwardly mobile chimp who thought she was human, there are humans who seem more willing to believe in the possibility of communication with superior extraterrestrials than in a probability...
Whatever the plight of the farmers, the real victims are the consumers. Complains New Yorker Henrietta Wise: "Every time I walk into a grocery store, I'm terrified. It's more than the prices, it's the whole concept of food. It's the basic substance of life." Some shoppers have become de facto vegetarians because of the sky-high price of meat, but vegetables are no bargain either. Marsha Avrushin of Oak Park, Mich., has taken to prowling supermarkets for off-brand items. Says she: "When I was a kid, a candy bar was a real treat. What makes...
...master of satire, Cheever most often studies the effects of modern pressures on the contemporary morality of the suburban middle-class, yet he never loses a sense of warmth and compassion toward his subjects. He sharpened his ear for dialogue in years of short-story writing for The New Yorker, among other publications, and has since graduated to novels, including The Wapshot Chronical and last year's impressive best-seller, Falconer...
...identities of degree recipients are traditionally kept secret up to the last minute, but informed sources are pitting their money on heart-throb John Travolta. Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-N.Y.) is another likely candidate, although fellow New Yorker Joe Torre, like the Mets he manages, is out of the running this year...
...Warner met success early when her first novel (Lolly Willowes) became a premier selection by the fledgling U.S. Book-of-the-Month Club in 1926, but she showed an enduring talent with her genteel, Victorian prose (The Museum of Cheats, The Flint Anchor). A longtime contributor to The New Yorker, she also won acclaim as a poet (Time Importuned), a translator (Marcel Proust on Art and Literature 1896-1919) and a biographer (T.H. White...