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...network news correspondent for eleven years; of cancer; at her home in Towson, Md. Blond and blue-eyed in the TV glamour mold, she proved tougher and more competent than many of her male colleagues. She emerged from six years as a Hearst newspaper reporter to gain national acclaim as an aggressive floor reporter for NBC at the 1972 political conventions. Shifting to ABC in 1977, she covered Capitol Hill and national politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 29, 1982 | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...commanding piano virtuoso celebrated for his interpretations of Bach, and one of the first classical performers to concentrate on the LP recording as an art form; of a stroke; in Toronto. A Canadian-born Wunderkind who was playing the piano at 3 and composing at 5, Gould won critical acclaim as a young man for performances that pulsed with rhythmic dynamism and exuberance while retaining clarity and subtlety. He was almost as famous for such oddball habits as wearing gloves, scarf and overcoat in summer. Gould ended his concert career in 1964, concentrating after that on recordings. He defended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 18, 1982 | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

Judy Woodruff leads one of the most glamorous lives in Washington. As a White House correspondent for NBC television, she has waltzed at state dinners, traveled with Presidents to New Delhi and Versailles. Acclaim has gilded every aspect of her life. Like many working mothers, Woodruff, 35, brought her infant son Jeffrey to the office one day; unlike other mothers, she was summoned to see President Reagan, who spent ten minutes bouncing the baby and chanting nursery rhymes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Celebrity, Author, Reporter, Bored | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

DIED. Clifford Curzon, 75, sublime British pianist whose keyboard virtuosity and prodigious repertory won him world acclaim; of congestive heart failure; in London. A child prodigy, Curzon became a subprofessor at the Royal Academy of Music when he was 19. When asked to explain his musical ability he once said, "I practice and practice and work and work. I dare not take anything for granted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 20, 1982 | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

...Immigration Reform and Control Act, co-authored by Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D-Ky.) is probably the most fair-minded immigration bill in American history. It won bipartisan support and the editorial acclaim of most major daily newspapers. The Senate approved the bill in August, setting up a vote in the House of Representatives this fall...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: No Answer to Nativism | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

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