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...bypassed by the DNA revolution, is "the man of mordant dissent." But in the main, the author is content to take the role of acolyte, bombarding his gifted tutors with questions, some incisive, others pointedly rhetorical. As Judson plays student to Nobel Laureates Crick and Perutz, so does the reader, who, if patient enough, can gain an understanding and appreciation of the century's most elusive science...
...pollsters' jargon, readers have shifted from "self-improvement" to "self-fulfillment." To follow that trend, editors have been adding all those service features about what to eat and how to cope, which readers may like but newspapermen despair over. Another sign of the reader's "me" emphasis is a decided preference for local news. Yet, oddly enough, even though only a third of the readership follow national and international news closely, most readers seem to want it there on Page One and tend to resent front-page feature stories. Another third of the audience would read hard news...
...other women were cancelled by her voice" are not much of a substitute for the real thing. The frustration of the "Collector" becomes real for us all: the stories too often titillate with the promise of raunchier things to come, and then (so to speak) leave the reader unsatisfied. When Nin does become graphic, the language gets awkward, as if the description of the sexual act really does embarass...
Vince Doria, sports editor of The Boston Globe, said, however, "It's not our job to create interest in women's sports," adding that the growing participation in sports by women "doesn't necessarily translate into reader interest...
...next fall, Murphy plans more novels. One, a spy story, is almost finished. Another, on which he has already done considerable research, will be a fictional biography of St. Peter. Although Murphy has yet to hear criticism from Vatican sources, he has already received a severe appraisal from one reader. His mother, the English teacher, is uneasy with the language in the Korean War section. She allowed that she "understood the point," reports Murphy, "but she didn't approve...