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...face of it, My Last Movie Star (Random House; 349 pages) is a simple tale. Clementine James, a seasoned profile writer for Flame magazine, is asked to write a 5,000-word story on Allegra Coleman, but as the two begin drifting through the cool, dry spaces of California together, Allegra abruptly totals the 1956 Porsche they are in and disappears. Clementine, taken to the hospital, finds herself the celebrity now, as the last person to have seen the missing star alive. As she slips into a life where privacy is obsolete, she starts to be visited by actresses from...
...friends of Erik's. Scaturro wrote up a Braille proposal for the Everest attempt and submitted it to Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind. Maurer immediately pledged $250,000 to sponsor the climb. (Aventis Pharmaceuticals agreed to sponsor a documentary on the climb to promote Allegra, its allergy medication; Erik suffers from seasonal allergies.) For Erik, who already had numerous gear and clothing sponsors, this was the greatest challenge of his life. If he failed, he would be letting down not just himself but all the blind, confirming that certain activities remained the preserve...
...friends of Erik's. Scaturro wrote up a Braille proposal for the Everest attempt and submitted it to Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind. Maurer immediately pledged $250,000 to sponsor the climb. (Aventis Pharmaceuticals agreed to sponsor a documentary on the climb to promote Allegra, its allergy medication; Erik suffers from seasonal allergies.) For Erik, who already had numerous gear and clothing sponsors, this was the greatest challenge of his life. If he failed, he would be letting down not just himself but all the blind, confirming that certain activities remained the preserve...
With its eye on cost, the Food and Drug Administration last week took testimony on whether to require makers of the blockbuster allergy drugs Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec to sell the products over the counter, a move that would slash their prices. An FDA advisory panel ruled that the drugs were safe enough to be sold without prescription. While the FDA is not required to follow the panel's advice, it has usually done so. A switch to over-the-counter sales would benefit uninsured buyers--as well as insurers, such as the California managed-care giant WellPoint Health Networks...
...Maddy and Allegra, protesters who only gave their first names for security reasons, held out late into the evening, eating food handed to them by students outside the office...