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...odious tabloid, the Lark. What was in a terrorist group's "dirty bomb?"an editor asks. "Radioactive medical waste, Chief, plus ringworm, West Nile virus, liquid gangrene and a cladding of mad cow." The bombing story is squeezed out by news of a man injured outside a kiddies' swimming pool when he is caught watching too closely and flees with his pants round his ankles. Headline: Pervs Him Right. Yellow Dog isn't just about language; it's also about Amis, and the predicament of being famous in a celebrity-obsessed age. Like the real royal family, he has seen...
...16th Street. With its 10,000-sq.-ft. outdoor public garden and '60s-style Pop Art decor, this place is already a magnet for Victoria's Secret models and Marc Jacobs acolytes. Up next: the 187-room Hotel Gansevoort, across the street from Soho House, with a rooftop pool, loftlike rooms and two restaurants. The meat-packing district used to be strictly for cows and transvestites. There goes the neighborhood. --By Rebecca Isenberg
...hear this from AM radio, which is packed with angry men with chain-saw voices chewing into liberals 24/7, or from Ann Coulter, who is selling the old Stalinist line that dissent equals disloyalty. Or from the aging adolescents at Fox News, who enjoy peeing in the political swimming pool. But when you get among the real people who are actually engaged in public life, they tend to be well-mannered and respectful of the process and the humanity of those who take part. That's the difference between entertainment and politics. Of course, the Terminator could choose...
Even if all 12 are deemed safe, says Dr. Robert Lanza, medical director for Advanced Cell Technology Inc., a biotech firm in Worcester, Mass., that's too small a gene pool to give scientists the genetic diversity they need. "It's totally inadequate. American scientists are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs," he argues...
...HYPOTHERMIA It's not just a winter problem. Kids in particular are prone to hypothermia after spending a lot of time in the pool. Being drenched in a rainstorm, especially in late summer or at higher elevations, can also cause the body temperature to fall dangerously low. Get out of your wet things and into some blankets or--in extreme cases--share someone's body heat...