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...they never quite did in the book. Bertolucci looks at Malkovich, the lizardly eminence of Dangerous Liaisons, and thinks of Brando: "They are two monoliths, unchanging, absolutely still -- and, from the first moment, condemned." Winger, for too many years the great unused actress of American film, is the perfect vessel for a woman who must be a piece of baggage on Port's existential tour, then a Florence of Arabia ministering to his illness, then the trophy of an alien prince. "You can always hear the click of Debra's mind," Bertolucci says admiringly...
...times as high. Just how excess sugar causes damage remains a topic of debate. One plausible mechanism has been suggested by Dr. Michael Brownlee, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Glucose, Brownlee observes, is chemically active, combining with proteins in the blood and blood-vessel walls. Over time, these sticky fragments aggregate to form what Brownlee calls "biological superglue." Like a splinter lodged in a foot, this superglue is a source of constant irritation, which signifies, to the body, damage in need of repair. The disastrous result: a spurt of new growth that thickens...
...Ages of food labeling into the Renaissance that the public deserves," said Dr. Francois Abboud, president of the American Heart Association, at the prospect of the labeling changes. The reform, he said, would be useful to "millions of Americans who want to reduce their risk of heart and blood-vessel diseases." Earlier this year the A.H.A., bowing to criticism and threatened federal action, scrapped its own HeartGuide seal-of-approval program just two months after it started. "Right now, any product can say it's high-fiber this and bran that," agreed Nancy Hailpern, a legislative assistant for the American...
...royal palaces, ranging from the $2.5 billion Al-Yamamah Palace complex in Riyadh to a "cottage" four times the size of the White House in Marbella, Spain. He owns several jets and yachts, all with gold bathroom faucets; his main yacht, a $60 million craft, is escorted by a vessel that carries Stinger antiaircraft missiles. His fleet of air-conditioned Rolls-Royces, Cadillacs and Mercedes would clog Rodeo Drive...
...high above Seattle. Down below, amid orange skyscrapers and forest-green mountains, the city's Space Needle -- a relic of the 1962 World's Fair -- juts up like a metallic blue mushroom. A ferry is steaming across Puget Sound, while a playful killer whale spouts and dives below the vessel...