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With the libraries packed and tension running high, students today near the halfway point of the first week of exams...
Elmore Leonard controls more assets than a Mafia don. He possesses a gift for lowlife dialogue, a thorough knowledge of underworld mores and a mastery of high-tension narrative. What he does not have is a gift for whimsy, and that, alas, is the chief ingredient of Maximum Bob (Delacorte; 295 pages; $20). The title character is a sleazoid Florida judge who likes to hit on lady cops and hand out heavy sentences. Someone tries to ice Maximum Bob with a unique weapon: a hungry alligator. There is a long enemies list, including Leanne, the judge's loony wife; Dale...
...High-tension electric transmission lines. Strung along high towers, these lines carry large amounts of electricity over long distances. Homes, schools and playgrounds should not be built anywhere near them...
...pages; $19.95), his tale of high rollers on the sunstruck expanses of Newport Beach. Former policeman Winnie Farlowe pilots a ferry and works at his favorite hobby, drinking. One day he slams his boat into a yacht. The accident introduces him to a much divorced lady with money, looks and a conniving mind. Before Winnie's head clears, he is being set up for a scam that involves betrayal and homicide. In The Blue Knight and The Choirboys, Wambaugh demonstrated a Panasonic ear for cop patois. In his latest work, the tension sometimes sags, but the dialogue lingers...
...agreement comes at a time of high tension between the two nations over U.S. trade deficits and highprofile Japanese buying of American holdings. The grant "doesn't have anything to do with business," Aoshima said, emphasizing the immediate need for a better understanding of Japan by Americans...