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Plan D : how to lose weight and beat diabetes (even if you don't have it)
The co-host of \"The View\" reveals how, with the help of a leading endocrinologist, she devised her own diet plan, which allowed her to lose weight, regain her health, and control her Type 2 diabetes.
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When Irish Eyes Are Ambivalent DEAD IRISH by John T. Lescroart (Donald T. Fine: 18.95; 293 pp.; 1-55611-159-2)
In \"Dead Irish,\" [John T. Lescroart] overcomes the fairy-tale quality of his previous, more mimetic novels: \"Son of Holmes\" and its sequel, \"Rasputin's Revenge.\" Lescroart leaves behind his limp attempts to create the \"Great Detective\" in the character of Auguste Lupa, the alleged illegitimate son of Sherlock Holmes, and instead introduces what may become a more enduring and likable protagonist. With the untimely death of Eddie Cochran, favored son of Erin and Big Ed Cochran, [Dismas Hardy] is asked by Moses McGuire, his best friend and boss (owner of The Shamrock bar), to help secure for his sister, and dead Eddie's pregnant widow Frannie, a large insurance claim. Hardy is to prove that Eddie was murdered and did not commit suicide, as a shred of paper implies. In his attempts to demonstrate the vulnerabilities of Hardy and Father [Jim Cavanaugh], Lescroart often relies on easy plot devices-the priest in love with someone he can never have; the ex-cop who cannot forgive himself for the crime he did not commit. \"Reversing roles,\" says Cavanaugh. \"That's what he'd said. There'd been a bond, he felt with Hardy. Instant. Two guys, Catholic backgrounds. A lot in common there. He needed to confess. No, more, he needed absolution. And not from another priest.\"
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The Death of Innocents
In her second novel, \"Other Women's Children,\" Dr. Perri Klass, a pediatrician as well as the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, has written an engaging narrative in which her protagonist, Dr. Amelia Stern,' also a pediatrician, struggles among the...
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When Irish Eves Are Ambivalent
In \"Dead Irish,\" John T. Lescroart overcomes the fairy-tale quality of his previous, more mimetic novels: \"Son of Holmes\" and its sequel, \"Rasputin's Revenge.\" Lescroart leaves behind his limp attempts to create the \"Great Detective\" in the character of Auguste Lupa, the alleged illegitimate son of Sherlock Holmes, and instead introduces what may become a more enduring and likable protagonist.
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Chastity Bono on sharing her lesbian secret with Cher!
In an excerpt from \"Family Outing,\" Chastity Bono discusses the difficulty that she had in telling her parents, Sonny Bono and Cher, about her sexuality. Cher still finds it difficult to accept her daughter's sexuality, but doesn't want to lose touch with her.
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Chastity Bono: Coming out to Cher maman: Singer/actor Cher may seem the epitome of hip, but her relationship with her lesbian daughter Chastity Bono has been fraught with tension, secrets and lies. In an excerpt from her new autobiography, Ms. Bono describes telling her parents that she is gay
In the morning my mom didn't say a word to me about it, though she acted very distant and distracted. [Julie] told me later that while I was showering, my mom had approached her and asked what had happened last night. Julie responded with a halting explanation of how she and I had fallen asleep and were startled awake when my mom walked in. My mother never said anything to me about the incident, but began to actively hate Julie. Though I was walking on air after coming out to my father, I was still terrified of telling my mom. Gee ([Cher]'s sister [Georgeann]) encouraged me to tell my mom; I dreaded it. With my dad, I was scared, but wanted to tell him because I thought it would make us closer; I had more trust in our relationship. But I thought telling my mom would have the opposite effect, that it would drive us further apart. I just didn't want her to know and felt compelled to hide it from her. We avoided the subject by mutual consent: I didn't want to deal, and she didn't want to deal. Color Photo: The Associated Press / [Chastity Bono] ; Black & White Photo: The Associated Press / Cher and Chasity were together for Sonny's funeral in January. ; Black & White Photo: Reuter / Chastity felt her father, Sonny Bono, would accept her no matter what. Here, they are shown on the set of the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. ;
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From Our Readers PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY Raising children: The biggest job of all
The exorbitant cost of freedom of speech The only reason Libertarian Party candidate for president Harry Browne is being excluded from the debates is that he admirably refused campaign money from the government, which is derived from our tax dollars. Therefore, the Libertarian Party has a more difficult time getting media coverage and, consequently, receive low approval ratings in the polls. When Dick Williams preached against election year conversions by politicians (mostly Democratic) in \"This is the year for political gymnastics,\" he conveniently neglected to mention the \"brazen flip-flops\" of presidential candidate [Bob Dole]. Among other things, Dole instantly mutated into a supply-side economist who now stands against affirmative action for the first time in his long career. Rebels with a cause Responding to a Mike Luckovich cartoon, the Journal-Constitution's editorial department has received form postcards ---1,689 of them, and counting ---from members of the Heritage Committee Sons of Confederate Veterans based in Columbia, Tenn. Mike Luckovich libels my Confederate ancestors by portraying in a false light the real heritage of the Confederate Battle Flag. I object to Mr. Luckovich's cartoons because I: - Believe that my Confederate ancestors fought for the right of local government, guaranteed constitutional freedoms and self- determination; - Know that they gave their bounty, homes and lives in that great struggle and that their memories are embodied reverently in the battlefields, memorials, flags and symbols of the South; and - Realize that select groups are waging campaigns of misinformation and actively are seeking to have these symbols of our ancestors, particularly the Confederate battle flag, eradicated from the land for which they fought.
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