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...Lace Reader By Brunonia Barry; out July 29 If you can sign off on the idea that the women of the Whitney family of Salem, Mass., can see the future in pieces of lace, you will enjoy this long but richly imagined saga of passion, suspense and magic. If not, we predict you will reread Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca instead...
Before they sign up, some people make the comment, "Am I going to find out when I'm going to die?" And it's not that black-and-white. There are so many things that go into your overall health and well-being - your environment is a huge part of that. People think [the test results] are going to have more of an impact than they actually...
...expect that the episode will lead to a lasting split in the coalition. But it is an ominous sign that the current government may well follow the pattern of Berlusconi's last term (2001-2006), in which internecine battles among coalition partners of convenience perpetually hindered enacting real reform...
...stop them. This standard has met some resistance from the chief of the SDI program, Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson. In testimony before Congress two months ago, Abrahamson argued that SDI should be ''affordable,'' a more elastic definition. Nitze, a shrewd bureaucratic infighter, persuaded the President to sign a national security decision directive making his criterion official policy. Asked at the TIME conference whether he was trying to skirt Nitze's standard, Abrahamson demurred. He conceded that he might have ''erred'' by using the word ''affordable,'' but he seemed to fudge by insisting that the question was not merely...
...grassroots- level recognition here too,'' Healey explains. At first he had trouble getting artists. Many were ''aided'' out. ''Six weeks ago I had just about decided it was easier to deal with dictators than rock 'n' rollers,'' said Healey with a grin. A few acts were quick to sign on, however. Sting, who has been on the road with a new band for the past 18 months, says only Amnesty could have dragged him out of bed to perform. Because of Bono's sympathies, U2 canceled two summer tour weeks to play for free. In the end, Healey...