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...original procedure, it turned out, was that the embryos just wouldn't stick. Helped by hormone treatments, a woman might produce dozens of eggs each cycle. Her husband's sperm might fertilize 10 of them. But for reasons that remained mysterious, the embryos simply refused to take root -- or implant -- on the walls of the uterus. Even the best-run clinics were getting success rates not much higher than 15% to 20% just five years...
...Massachusetts, aimlessly killing a man along the way. Once our psycho killer has arrived, he remains indecisive. Siegert moves into a house, develops a love affair and loses a job. He performs all these actions without seeming to take an active role in anything. Perhaps this apathy is the root of his psychosis...
...Much livelier -- and full of slapstick -- are chapters devoted to disaster: the hurricane that demolished her home; the auto accident that fractured her ankle. And there is one hysterical vision of a day spent weeding with David Lean. "It's absolutely no use," says Lean, "unless you get the root...
...avoid excitement at all costs. Exciting things are ultimately disruptive. I used to root enthusiastically for my favorite sports teams, but more often than not that just led to diappointment. Red Sox fans were quite excited when their team made it to the 1986 World Series. Most of them are still sulking about Bill Buckner's blunder. The truth is that they would have been much better off if the team had just won 75 games or so. Then they could have immediately begun complaining about the team's pitching woes and their prospects for the next season...
What do you call a cuisine that offers plantain flan, mango tabbouleh and a boniato-yuca torta? Miamamerican cooking? Nuevo Mundo cuisine? Nuevo Cubano? Whatever the tag, Miami chefs are winning applause with fresh fish, tropical fruits and exotic root vegetables, eclipsing the now hackneyed blackened- everything cuisine that emanated from New Orleans in the early '80s. Bits of many cultures make up the local hybrid, including updated Latin, Italian and Oriental dishes. Grilling, influenced by Caribbean barbe, is an essential technique. Not-too-sweet, not-too-tart salsas, mojos and adobados based on local fruits are vital flavoring ingredients...