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...Spears' metropolitan moniker would mimic choices by David and Victoria Beckham, who call their boy Brooklyn; Bono, whose daughter is Memphis; Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, whose lass is Ireland; and Michael Jackson, whose princess is Paris. If Spears has a girl, she says, she'll call her Addison Shye. Addison is a county in Vermont. It's not glamorous, but it's probably very pretty...
...Holt, Rinehart & Winston; 222 pages; $16.95), which means to clue in all interested fellas not only about fashion but about many allied matters, from polishing glasses for a formal meal to packing a suitcase for a quick trip; and Man at His Best by the editors of Esquire magazine (Addison-Wesley; 262 pages; $24.95), which features fashion layouts and hot styling tips inspired by Esquire's own glossy pages. This fastidious little boomlet in male-fashion authority has been encouraged by Esquire and GQ, which cuts made-to-order features for the yupscale market. The inspiration could in part...
Freshman Congressman John Kennedy, recovering from his first onset of Addison's disease, learned that his sister Kathleen--the third of the golden trio of Joe Jr., Jack and "Kick"--had been killed in a plane crash while flying with her married lover for a holiday on the Riviera. Joe Jr. had died toward the end of the war in another plane, which blew up over the English Channel. Jack fell into a period of morbidity. The Kennedy family concealed the truth about Kathleen's aristocratic lover. Kennedy ever after concealed the truth about his Addison's disease; if voters...
...certitude, but appropriate technological tools can minimize devastation by providing warning. The international community must develop a global early-warning system to inform people of any looming threat, and the U.N. should set up permanent regional disaster-aid centers so that quick relief can be provided. Ahmed S. Khan Addison, Illinois...
AHMED S. KHAN Addison...