Roberta Leigh Battles Critics Over Romance Bestsellers
A profile of Roberta Leigh, a 42 year old English romance author whose books sell about one million copies each, despite limited critical recognition. Leigh defends her work, notes real life influences in her plots, and criticizes judgment of romance fiction as formulaic while highlighting her prolific output and a claim that readers seek love and emotion.
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Ellie Grossman
EW York
NEA
Gore Vidal
Roberta Leigh
North America
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Toronto
Vidal
Leigh
Miss Leigh
Love
Lucy Granger
Luke Adams
Cambridge
Emily Lamb
Luke
Gina
Emily
London
Space experiments aid medicine from weightless cell work
Spaceflight experiments using electrophoresis improved preservation of granulocytes for potential leukemia transfusions and separated enzyme producing kidney cells in zero gravity. Apparent gains include longer lifetimes for donor white cells and urokinase producing kidney cells for clot treatment, enabling future stockpiles and therapies.
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Carel J. van Oss
State University of New York, Buffalo
Earth
Middle East tensions cloud Ford peace bid prospects
Arab diplomats say a possible Ford Middle East tour depends on new peace proposals and may be delayed by near term elections. They doubt a summit is feasible amid disputes from Western Sahara to Jordan and Syria.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Middle East
Ford
America
Arab League
Mahmoud Riad
Morocco
Algeria
Sahara
Libya
Syria
Jordan
Georgia frees inmates early to ease prison crowding
Georgia has released 1,000 prisoners on early parole and plans to free another 1,000 in six months. The Board of Pardons and Paroles took the action to relieve dangerous overcrowding and to make room for 670 prisoners awaiting transfers from local jails.
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Georgia
Board of Pardons and Paroles
WIN AT BRIDGE IN COLUMBUS TALES OF DILLY PLAYS
In a Columbus team match a South player oddity leads to a four spade made after an elaborate ruffing sequence. Oswald and Jim discuss letters about freak hands and a reader asks about opening one club in fourth seat with a strong hand. The columnist answers affirmatively, noting long-term gains despite occasional losses.
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Oswald
Jim
South
East
Dummy
Idaho
USC study predicts widespread early retirement in 2005
A USC social study forecasts the average American retires at age 59 in 2005. It says the workforce will gain a guaranteed annual wage a 30 hour workweek and six weeks of vacation each year.
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University of Southern California
U.S
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