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...nature of stone goes straight into Mantegna's formal system. It is hard and precise, never atmospheric: he has none of the mellowness of his relative Giovanni Bellini. None of his shapes are fudged or merely alluded to. You see every pebble and crack in the rocks, and of course every line of expression on the human face; in his Portrait of a Man, circa 1470-75, the folds of the red costume have the density of marble, the eyes are gray agate, and the net of lines around them and on the brow is described down to the point...
DRINK UNTIL you see three Macintosh screens. Smoke enough crack to make Marion Barry's drug habit look like a day at the beach. Have sex, lots of sex, in many different places, in many different positions--and preferably with many different people of many different genders and species. Steal. Covet. Lust. commit adultery. dishonor your father and mother (the best method is to tell them about all the guilt they made you feel as a child). And, if necessary, kill-roommates, advisors, cheerful juniors, people who finished their theses a month early are all legitimate targets. Sin is everything...
...which has been linked to 40 deaths from respiratory failure. And while fraud has not been alleged against Pfizer, the New York City-based company will set aside $500 million for problems arising from one of its now discontinued artificial heart valves, which exhibit a sometimes fatal tendency to crack inside the body...
...divided Birmingham along racial lines. Many whites suspect that the mayor might be hiding something. Many blacks, however, share the mayor's claim that black elected officials are being unfairly targeted. As evidence, they cite the example of former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, who was videotaped inhaling from a crack pipe by federal agents after being lured to a hotel by an ex-girl friend. Now, says the Rev. Abraham Woods, one of the civil rights veterans who has championed Arrington's cause, "they're out to destroy this fine mayor. They have a Klan mentality. They think they...
Back in the late 1950s, Stuart Ressler was one of the eager young scientists trying to crack the genetic code of the DNA molecule. In the mid-'80s, he works the night shift for a computer billing outfit in Brooklyn. What brought Ressler to this dead-end job? That is only one of the questions posed and answered by this demanding, dazzling novel. Also on display are two love stories, two intertwined narratives, vast erudition and a white-knuckled, suspense-filled investigation into the meaning of life...