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Infused with the spirit of the 32nd Republican convention, the woman spotted a passenger in the smoking section who had lit a cigarette before the "No Smoking" sign had been turned off. Perhaps inspired by vice presidential nominee George Bush's reference to "a great mission," or perhaps inspired by presidential nominee Ronald Reagan's call for a "renewal of the American compact," the woman swiftly and officiously told a flight attendant of the smoker's trespass against his neighbors...
...with legendary cigarette-holder, Actor Jason Robards is Franklin D. Roosevelt in an NBC-TV teleplay, F.D.R: The Last Year. The three-hour show, to be aired this spring, is likely to be memorable for two reasons. One is Robards' portrayal of the four-term 32nd President in his twilight, down to a remarkable re-enactment of Roosevelt's heart attack and death at Warm Springs, Ga., in 1945 during a portrait sitting. The other is that the show tackles an aspect of F.D.R.'s life not generally known until recently. Kim Hunter shares the billing with...
...astonishing political resurrection. As leader of the Liberal Party, Trudeau not only won back his old job but did so in a fashion that left him undisputed master of both the party and of Canada's 32nd Parliament. This time the political obituaries were being written about the Tory government of Joe Clark, who at 39 had been the country's youngest Prime Minister ever and head of one of its shortest-lived governments (6½ months). When the votes were tallied, Clark's Progressive Conservatives had dropped from 136 seats in the House of Commons...
Prince Philip picked the spot, a wooded glen on the grounds of Balmoral Castle. There, to mark the 32nd wedding anniversary of Britain's Queen and her husband, photographers recorded them with their three sons and their married daughter. Eleven royal dogs uncomposed some of the pictures as they flitted about the family feet. So, too, did First Grandchild Peter Phillips, 2, who distracted Mother Anne, 29, Uncles Charles, 31, Andrew, 19, and Edward, 15, and his grandmother with a lively game of Ring-a-ring of roses in which Master Peter dropped delightedly to the turf when...
Both crews rowed graceful, if unspectacular, races, moved swiftly to the numerous Heinekens, and waited for the computer to spit out the result. Verdict: The Rude and Smooth finished 32nd; Alte Achter 33rd, 2.9 seconds behind. Youth, relatively speaking of course, had triumphed...