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Readers stick up for the cats2E How to avoid a pain in the neck3E Life and death in the world of soaps6E Ann, Abby2E TV, Radio6E Crossword7E 3 nnnrnrnr3cn rn-jL7a7. r---m KARE news may stay on top here for some time fy nless the people who prefer KARE-Channel 11's news shift their allegiance as they get older, the Gannett station is going to dominate Twin Cities broadcasting for years to come. II 12 Why do men look young longer than women? By Anna QulndlenNew York Times he first time I ever saw "All About Eve" was in a revival house In the East Village, where the seats were abominably uncomfortable and granola was served at the snack bar instead of popcorn. Instantly it became one of my favorite movies, and though I had lots of favorite moments in it, there was only one when I lost control. The actress Margo Channing, drunk and disconsolate but, of course, still mouthy as anything, since she is played by Bette Davis is talking about her age and her boyfriend.

She's just turned 40, she says, although she hasn't made up her mind to admit it. But not the guy she's in love with: "Bill's 32," she says savagely. "He looks 32. He looked it five years ago; he'll look it 20 years from now. 1 hate men." At that, to the great surprise of the other moviegoers, I began to cheer.

I don't know why they all stared. It's a great line under any circumstance. For me, it happened that it was not art, but life. I am A Minnesota Poll conducted in late August and early September showed little difference in gender, longevity in the area, education or income level of the people watching the evening newscasts of KARE, WCCO-Channel 4, KSTP-Channel 5 and KMSP-Channel 9. The only demographic category In which there was a marked difference was age.

KARE clearly has become the darling of young adults. Of the 840 metro-area adults interviewed who watch the' late evening news, 45 percent said they watched KARE's agfo MM tlocl llolston POLL Continued on page 7E ml Television ii L3y married to a man who has always looked young. And I don't mean young. I mean YOUNG. He doesn't look 32, like Bill, and he doesn't look 36, even though that's how old he is, how old both of us are.

Maybe 27, 28. At a distance, maybe a little less. One of his greatest professional problems has been convincing clients that they want to' take advice from a lawyer who looks like he serves 8 o'clock mass every morning at Our Lady of Perpetual Youth. I hate men. This was not a big problem when we were both younger, and one of us, the one who needed it more, cultivated an air of everlasting adolescence supplemented by a bit of baby fat.

It is not even much of a problem now, since I am holding together all right. But on the line graph of our lives together we are beginning to reach that awesome spot, past the intersection of our respective appearances, when he gets return on his. investment and I get decline. I can imagine YOUTH Continued on page 8E 1 JTt- r5 0 0) Vacation stops i your world; gefe back on carefully By Michael deCourcy Hindi New York Times lag occurs when you return home and part of your brain Is still on vacation. It occurs most often after a refreshing holiday, and the consen- -sus is that the sensation may be pleasant, curious or hellish, depending on your perspective.

"It's really an out-of-body experience, coming back to the real world after being on vacation," Unda BenVsaid recently on her first day back at work at a New York insurance company. "I was in Bermuda with my husband for five days," she said, "and the most stressful thing we did was deciding where to have dinner. This -morning, it was back to the pace of -New York, the stress of commuting, the stress of coming back to a large folder of mail and telephone mes- Ml Staff PhotosTom Sweeney Kevin lungerman harvested grapes by hand at the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center near Victoria. Marrying arctic-tough riparia to sweet vinif era 0 (J 7 'v 'r- -V 4 4 Second of five parts. "Grapes raised here have to all have winter protection; that Is, pruned In the fall, laid down and covered with earth.

The expense is so much and labor so great that no one will undertake to grow grapes in this northern latitude for wine-making in competition with more favored climes. Truman M. Smith, a Ramsey County grape grower, in 1880. By Dean RebuffonlStaff Writer ruman M. Smith had a point, but he was writing I I about cultivated grapes.

Wild grapes were flourishing in Minnesota in 1880, and nobody had to give them winter protection. Those grapes were of the species known to scientists as Vitus riparia, and Chippewa and Sioux Indians harvested large quantities from the river bottoms each autumn. Riparia still grows wild throughout much of the state, and is planted in some vineyards, largely for experimental purposes. Alas, riparia makes lousy wine. The Riparia has some admirable traits.

It is the most winter-hardy and the earliest ripening of native American grapevines. It is found as far north as Manitoba, in such western states as Montana, and throughout its range thrives under conditions that would kill vinifera and other more desirable grape species. Grape breeders are trying to develop hybrid vines that combine the best characteristics of riparia and vinifera. Their goal: a hardy vine that doesn't have to be covered in winter, that ripens early, yields a sufficiently large crop, and produces a high-quality wine grape. Such a vine would be of great value to Minnesota grape growers, who historically have struggled with two big disadvantages: a snort growing season and bitterly cold winters.

But the state also has some climatic assets, including one noted in 1 880, the same year that Truman M. Smith was complaining about Minnesota's winters. A fellow Ramsey County grape grower, L.M. Ford, wrote: "bur climate in many respects Is very good for grapes, as we have WINE Continued on page 8E "There is a danger to oversimplifying the whole phenomenon known as post-vacation dysphoria," said Dr. -Alan Stoudemire, an associate pro- fessor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta.

"The general idea is that people be- come accommodated to the day-to- day stress in their lives, and vacations give them a temporary respite. The risk involved in taking a break, though, is that a person has to re- experience the stress all over again, and he may not have realized his life was so miserable or stressful." The return home, which is usually -abrupt, Invites comparisons with places and states of mind left behind. If the contrast isn't too stark, the lingering effects of a vacation may give a rosy tint to one's outlook and soften the re-entry shock. But the person returning home from a mountain cabin to a dead-end Job and a burglarized apartment may wonder where he or she went wrong. Some people seem Immune.

Air-traf- LAG Continued on page 2E li ft i i grapes are very acidic, and only the most insensitive palate would mistake a wine made from riparia with one made from Vitus vinifera, the classic Old World grape species that produces such fine wines as Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvig-non. But riparia could be a key to expanding Minnesota's tiny grape-growing and wine-making industries. And the state's climate, while seemingly Inhospitable to cultivated grapes, offers growers some key benefits. Some bottles of wine produced at the university horticulture center. 4-.