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...Apex. Moreover, like most men who have explored mystical separate realities and returned, he seems to have reentry problems. According to the books, Don Juan taught him to abandon regular hours ? for work or play ? and even in his apartment in Los Angeles he apparently eats and sleeps as whim occurs, or slips off to the desert. But he often works at his writing as many as 18 hours a day. He has great skill at avoiding the public. No one can be sure where he will be at any given time of day, or year. "Carlos will...
...return to the era of "Uncle Joe" Cannon, the apex of House rule, is a reckless and ridiculous idea...
...White House that he spurned presidential invitations to discuss his congressional plans. It was Reed who told a colleague in 1892: "I have been 15 years in Congress and I never saw a Speaker's decision overruled, and you will never live to see it either." The apex of House rule was reached under TIME'S first cover subject, Speaker Joe Cannon (see box, page...
...part of the majority-a significant departure from tradition. Less significant but rather symbolic was the controversy over the court's bench. When Burger suggested redesigning it so that the Justices could see and hear one another better, he originally considered a V shape with himself at the apex. Other Justices resisted. The bench was ultimately bent in two places so that it now resembles a half hexagon...
...Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey has been trekking to the apex since John Kennedy's day. White House Correspondent Jerrold Hehecter, once our man in Moscow, shared the reporting chores with Hidey on the presidential journey to Peking. John Shaw, who has been covering the Soviet Union since February, previously reported from such diverse capitals as Saigon, Rome, London and Jerusalem...