Word: braced
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FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM by Umberto Eco (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; $22.95). Eco has woven together a novel that is even more intricate and absorbing than his international best seller The Name of the Rose. Beneath its endlessly diverting surface, this book constitutes a litmus test for ways of looking at history and the world...
...Lutherans brace for the ordination of a lesbian couple, Catholics face new reports indicating widespread homosexuality among priests. Can -- and should -- the age-old barrier be dropped...
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...earth," says La Toque owner-chef Ken Frank, whose venison dishes are popular at his tony Los Angeles restaurant. In Phoenix, chef Vincent Guerithault, owner of Vincent on Camelback, has developed a line of "heart-smart" game entrees. Once chefs % had to scramble to find a brace of partridge or pheasant. Not anymore. Game suppliers and game farms have sprung up across the country to meet the demand for everything from antelope to zebra. D'Artagnan in Jersey City sells two kinds of venison and four different varieties of duck, as well as fresh grouse, wood pigeon and pheasant from...
Oprah and Geraldo should brace themselves. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is starting his own TV talk show. The two-time Democratic presidential candidate announced last week that he has signed on with a subsidiary of Warner Communications to produce Voices of America with Jesse Jackson, a weekly one-hour program that will debut in the fall of next year, if stations decide to buy it. The surprisingly early announcement may have been meant to kill rumors that Jackson may try to become mayor of Washington in the November 1990 elections. If so, it failed. While declaring once again that...