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www.pantagraph.com The Pantagraph Sunday, March 30, 2003 C5 REVIEW PantagraphPuzzle Coax some gullible friends to read this 'Hoaxes' book 113 Big shot 115 It may need massaging 116 Bird that's loaded? 118 Cafe areas 120 Bridge bid, briefly 121 Loosen, as shoes 122 Lewis Carroll and others 123 Maidstone mom 124 Some meter readers 125 Cascades peak Down 1 Needle bearers 2 Pastoral poem 3 Big bird's big chance? 4 Dernier 5 Chief 6 Grant portrayer 7 Implicates 8 Cobb and Hardin 9 Tender 10 Where she blows 11 Roof edge 12 Weird 13 Card game also called sevens 14 Alcatraz, e.g.: Abbr. 15 Lighter 16 Linseed oil source 17 "Nick at 18 Valhalla god 19 Private eyes 25 Soft palate projection 28 Hurt 31 Takes by fore 33 Lows in leas 35 Feline feet 37 The Green Hornet's sidekick 39 Shirt size: Abbr. 40 Supervisor 41 Brew hue 42 Ideal shore bird? 43 the crack of dawn 44 Villa d' 45 Not straight up 46 Galileo, for one 47 Eminent states 49 Get all wiggy 52 Authentic 54 Western Athletic Conf. team 55 Actress Garr et al. 59 Backed with property, as a loan 60 Neckline shape 63 Volleyball smashes 64 One might be roasted 67 Western treaty gp.

68 Nantes night 69 Harrow rival 71 Seeps 72 Like some homemade wine 74 Allows to use 77 Invented 78 Key of Dvorak's Piano Quintet: Abbr. 79 avis 82 Microbe 84 Ete month 85 Jan. 1 to now, in finan-cials 86 Piano pieces 88 Tap dancer Powell 89 Seashore 91 Important periods 94 Catholic devotion 95 Twists 97 Like Khrushchev 101 Some Baltic natives 103 White wader 104 Anatomical cavity 105 Given by 106 Author Jaffe 107 Assist in crime 108 Theater 110 Neeson of "Rob Roy" 111 homo 112 Consequence word 114 Phnom 117 Greet warmly 118 Secy's stat 119 Ewe said it Answer: "AVIAN CALLING" Across 1 Budget-meeting graphic 9 Rival of Martina 15 Otherwise 20 "My thinking 21 Mitchell family 22 Fly on the wind 23 Super Bowl XXI champs 24 Crazy black bird? 26 Architect's addition 27Plaines 28 Because of this, in contracts 29 Shrews 30 Large amount 32 City NW of Napoli 34 Out of order 36 Mork's planet 38 Par 40 Talky bird's organization? 45 Emerge 8 End of a series 50 Stretches and such 51 Touts 53 Dunkable treats 56 Sheep's cry 57 Either of two atoms with equal neutrons but not protons 58 Decrease 59 Gracefully slender 61 Metallica drummer Ul-rich 62 Grown-up acorn 64 Slacks name 65 Architect Saarinen 66 Blaster's need 67 Bird uninjured after an accident? 70 Shore phenomenon 73 Bator 75 Kind of orbit 76 Actor Erwin 77 Secure with lines 78 "Gunsmoke" star 80 Oz visitor 81 Evening gown fabric 83 Most important 84 Off course 86 Seriously embroiled 87 Like Radio City Music Hall 90 Cosmetician Lauder 92 Somewhat formal 93 Noisy bird's hangout? 96 Prohibitionists 98 Puddle gook 99 Use, as china 100 Starting on 102 Mis or dis: Abbr. 105 Donnybrook 109 Hotel employees and ice worms. Alas, there's also a reading room devoted to hoaxes committed by newspaper reporters, including the New York Sun's 1835 Moon Hoax in which Sun readers were enthralled by reports that the astronomer Sir John Herschel, using a telescope of "vast dimension and unknown had discovered the moon was populated by winged batmen.

Nine years later, the irrepressible Sun reported a balloonist had traveled from England to Charleston, S.C., in just over three days. Again, a fake, but the reporter of the story, Edgar Allen Poe, was probably just polishing up his fiction techniques. But Boese warns us not to feel too superior to our credulous ancestors. We're just as apt to be gulled. Witness the furor following 1996's full-page ad in the New York Times announcing the Taco Bell restaurant chain had purchased the Liberty Bell, which would be henceforth known as the Taco Liberty Bell.

It was a joke that generated Taco Bell tons of free publicity. And Internet-inspired hoaxes such as the report of Microsoft's purchase of the Catholic Church "to make religion easier and more fun for a broader range of people," according to a fake statement attributed to Bill Gates, show Net surfers are no harder to hoodwink than New York Sun readers of a century ago. Think you're too hard-headed to fall for such nonsense? Take "The Gullibility Test" Boese provides at the front of his book and then turn to the back. The answers will surprise you. No foolin'.

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If was later proved to be a fake. Indeed, medieval monks were so adept at forging land deeds, papal decrees and histories of saints that one frustrated 17th century Jesuit scholar claimed all ancient documents were forgeries, which brought down the wrath of the Church on his head. One of our own founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, was the author of several hoaxes. In the first Poor Richard's Almanac, published in 1733, Franklin predicted that rival almanac maker Titan Leeds would die in October. Leeds didn't die, but Franklin in next year's almanac stated that Leeds was dead and his almanac published by pretenders.

When Leeds passed away five years later, Franklin congratulated the "fakers" for finally ending their pretense. Impostors also are among the museums exhibits. They 3 NEW BOOKS Gibson City author "Titte: "Karate: The Isshinryu Way My Philosophy on the I Martial Arts and Life" Author: Dan Jones -Publisher: National Paperback -Books Price: $15.95 Dan Jones of Gibson City draws on his days growing up HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 2. "The King of Torts" by John -Grisham (Doubleday) 3.

"The Jester" by J. Patterson, A. Gross (Little, Brown) '4. "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold 5. "Dating Game" by Danielle (Delacorte Press) 6.

"The Vanished Man" by Jef- fery Deaver (Simon Schuster) 7. "The Reluctant Suitor" by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (Morrow) 8. "Back Story" by Robert B. Parker (Putnam) 9.

"Someone to Watch over Me" by Judith McNaught (Atria) 10. "Crossroads of Twilight: KThe Wheel of Time, Book 10" by Robert Jordan (Tor) 11. "The Confessor" by Daniel Silva (Putnam) 12. "The Last Detective" by Robert Crais (Doubleday) N0NFICTI0NGENERAL 1. "Atkins for Life" by Robert C.

Atkins, M.D. (St. Martin's) 2. "The Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren (Zondervan) 3. "Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life" by Queen Noor (Miramax) 4.

"The Power of Engagement: Managing Energy, Not by Jim Loehr Tony Schwartz (Free Press) 5. "The Savage Nation" by TVONinmn. iTniirtroK-ritivin ma tiik: rtramr Title: "The Museum of Hoaxes" Author: Alex Boese Publisher: Dutton Price: $19.95 include the mythical Princess Caraboo of Javasu, whose tale of pirates and shipwreck captivated the English gentry in 1817 until it was revealed Caraboo was a fired house maid from Devonshire. Another was German shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt. In 1906, Voigt put on a captain's uniform he'd bought in a used clothes store, commandeered a squad of grenadiers and marched them to the town hall of the Berlin suburb of Kopenick, where he had them arrest the mayor and city treasurer on charges of embezzlement.

"Captain" Voigt ordered the prisoners transported to military headquarters while he took control of the city treasury of 4,000 marks and promptly vanished with the money. The museum also contains a zoo annex that contains such fabulous beasts as the Fiji mermaid (exhibited by P.T. Bar-num) jackalopes, furry trout Bookmark in Bloomington as well as his experiences as a police officer, karate instructor and police recruit instructor to share his views on self-defense, courtesy, showing respect and life. Reception, signing Joseph Bruchac, a Native American author of many books for children; winner of several awards, including an American Book Award; 7 p.m. April 8 at Old Main Room at Bone Student Center, Illinois State University.

Opening Day opuses Some recent books about baseball: "Baseball: A Literary Anthology" edited by Nicholas Davidoff "Wrlgley Field: A Celebration of the Friendly Confines" by Stephen Green "Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy" by Jane Leavy "Banks to Sandberg to Grace" edited by Carrie Muskat "Cardinal Nation" by Rob Rains Bestsellers Michael Savage (WND Books) 6. "Stupid White and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation" by Michael Moore (ReganBooks) 7. "The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life" by Suze Orman (Free Press) 8. "Jarhead" by Anthony Swof-ford (Scribner) 9. "The Hunt for bin Laden" by Robin Moore (Random House) 10.

"What Should I Do with My Life?" by Po Bronson (Random House) 11. "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson (Putnam) 12. "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't" by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness) MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS 1. "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution" by Robert C.

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"Portrait in Death" by J.D. Robb (Berkley) 7. "2nd Chance" by James Patterson and Andrew Gross (Warner Books) 8. "The Cottage" by Danielle Steel (Dell) Thrush by Lynne Cherry, Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs by Laurie Coulter, Journeys In Time by Elspeth Leacock, Women In Medieval Times by Fiona Macdonald Pontiac Public Library: The Kingfisher Children's Who's Who In the Bible by Claire Llewellyn, Courage by Bernard Waber, A Picture Book Of Florence Nightingale by David A. Adler, Hole In My Life by Jack Cantos STATE YOUR OPINION WRITE a Letter TO THE EDITOR What Color Is a Conservative by J.C.

Watts Bloomington Public Library: Ten Poems To Change Your Life by Roger Housden, Fish Tales by Stephen Lundin, Reclaiming Childhood by William Crain, Indian Summer by Brian McDonald Pontiac Public Library: Blog On by Tod Stauffer, The Savage Nation by Michael Savage, The Great Wells Of Democracy by Manning Marable, Of Paradise and Power by Robert Kagan JUVENILE FICTION Bloomington Public Library: Bullfrog At Magnolia Circle by Deborah Dennard, City Chicken by Arthur Dorros, Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller, The Great Big Wagon That Rang by Joseph Slate JUVENILE N0NFICTI0N Normal Public Library: Flute's Journey: The Life Of a Wood ADULT FICTION Normal Public Library: Alison's Automotive Repair Manual by Brad Barkley, Drop City by T.C. Boyle, Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, Vain Hope by Christine Green Bloomington Public Library: Angry Housewives by Lorna Landvik, Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh, Blues From Down Deep by Gwynne Forster, A French Country Murder by Peter Steiner Pontiac Public Library: Death Of Riley by Rhys Brown, Gilli-gan's Wake by Tom Carson, Liberty by Stephen Coonts, The Last Detective Robert Crais ADULT N0NFICTI0N Normal Public Library: How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War by Bevln Alexander, Choosing Against War: A Christian View by John Roth, A Map of the Child by Darshak Sanghavi, I "Major League Baseball Book of Fabulous Facts" by Ken Shouler "Jackie Robinson the Integration of Baseball" by Scott Simon "Sporting News Selects Baseball's 100 Greatest Players" by Ron Smith "The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine" by Fay Vincent "My Greatest Day In Baseball: Baseball Legends Recall Their Epic Moments" Mari McKeeth, Normal Public Library A pick for kids "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer; 400 pages, 2002; recommended for ages 12 and up. A futuristic look at what might happen if people were cloned. Matt, a clone, must make his way in a world where he was created as spare parts for El Patron.

Matt is hated by those around him, and life becomes more complicated when his protector, El Patron, dies. How will Matt survive? Linda Normal Public Library 9. "Gone for Good" by Harlan Coben (Dell) 10. "Chopping Spree" by Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam Books) 11. "The Paris Option" by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds (St.

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"Shopaholic Ties the Knot" by Sophie Kinsella (Delta) 4. "The Nanny Diaries" by Emma McLaughlin Nicola Kraus. (St. Martin'sGriffin) 5. "Mrs.

Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf (HarcourtHarvest) 6. "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham (Picador) 7. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett (Perennial) 8. "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by Alexander McCall (Smith Anchor) 9.

"Sea Glass" by Anita Shreve (Little, BrownBack Bay) 10. "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" by Robert C. Atkins, M.D. (Quill) 11.

"Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 12. "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie (Anchor) Ah, Spring. That time of year to break out of the winter doldrums and let loose a little. The Pantagraph and AirTran Airways are ready to take you to the Spring Break of a lifetime, with 2 airline tickets to any AirTran location in I the continental United Mwij states-Look for details in 'fr-i'il your Monday Pantagraph. 73t It's that easy! Enter by Wednesday, April 16 at noon drawing held Thursday, April 17 VmVt i 1 1 iff; ii iitlw 1 1 i 1 'I 'I i ill ClifTrm.

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