New Kids on the Block dominate paperback best sellers
The New Kids on the Block are among three of 16 New York Times paperback nonfiction titles. Bantam plans more titles and an official autobiography featuring members, with a 430,000 first printing and $10.95 price.
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Boston
New York Times
Stuart Applebaum
Bantam Doubled
New American Library
Consumer Guide
Avon Books
Britain
Bantam
Kids On the Block
Danny Wood
Joe McIntyre
Donnie Wahlberg
Jordan Knight
Jon Knight
Star of Stars
Maryann Palumbo
Michael Jackson
Paula Abdul
Los Angeles Lakers
CBS Records
Gary Works to Reverse Decline in Downtrodden Gary
A Times report on Gary Indiana detailing a stalled casino dream, a $100 million lake front plan, and a phased marine Disney land project aimed at reviving a city hit hard by steel restructuring and white flight. Mayor Thomas V. Barnes pursues tourism as a cornerstone while USX remains the largest employer with far fewer workers than in 1960.
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Gary
City Hall
Michael Jackson
Thomas V. Barnes
Barnes
Wendy’s
Arlene Colvin
U.S. Steel
Steel Company
USX
Leslie Singer
Indiana University
Singer
Kids write the darnedest things vocabulary shifts since 1945
Professors at Indiana University report that vocabulary of grades 1 to 8 students was about two and a half times larger 40 years ago. An analysis of over 4,000 compositions from 6 to 14 year olds nationwide found just over 10,000 different words, vs about 25,000 in 1945. Among the 5,000 most used words, 1,758 differ between the two lists.
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Indiana University
Laugh a Day May Help Keep Doctor Away
Health experts say laughter acts like internal jogging, boosting heart and lung function, reducing stress, and possibly aiding illness treatment. Physicians Donald Black and Richard Caplan cite humor therapy as a tool for mood, well being, and coping during hospital stays.
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Kathryn Chadima
University of Iowa Health News Service
Donald Black
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Black
Norman Cousins
Cousins
Scientists turn to seas for new drugs
Ocean organisms like sponges and algae are yielding substances with potential to combat cancer psoriasis parasites and infectious diseases including AIDS. The sea’s chemicals arise from their need to defend against predators, says marine chemist John Faulkner of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Lee Siege
AP Science
OS Angeles
John Faulkner
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
la Jolla
Faulkner
Evolutionary posture and back pain linked to diet and medicine
The piece notes humans’ unique upright stance and the common cost of back pain in the United States. It explains back pain causes, warnings, and prevention, then summarizes clot-dissolving drugs for heart attacks and the antidepressant fluoxetine as treatments for bulimia, with expert quotes from NYU Medical Center.
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Animal Kingdom
United States
Frederick Feit
New York University Medical Center
Norman Sussman
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York University Medical Center Health Letter
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Robert Caro
Irwyn Applebaum
Pocket Books
Jill Matthews
Eric Harrison
Angeles Times
Lake Michigan
Chie
Indiana
Indianapolis
Richard Caplan
U of I
Caplan
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