Word: bathes
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...feeling pain as exquisitely as she does. But there are some moments no one could bring to life. Who could infuse dramatic tension into the leisurely reading of a newspaper? What actress could bring off that old Oscar-cadging ploy, the sudden quiet hysterics in a bubble bath...
...country house is 54 "cottages," the first 38 of which were opened in 1942. Actually, these are not detached cottages but one-room-with-bath flats, tiny garden apartments. When health fails, the resident of a cottage usually moves into the "lodge," which accommodates 62 people in "suites" that are, again, one room and a bath, giving onto a common corridor. Greater attention is at hand in the lodge. Even greater attention is at hand in the hospital. A resident's physical slide can be tracked by his moves...
...Extra-Terrestrial; of complications from a blood infection; in Youngstown, Ohio. A former radio announcer, sheriffs dispatcher and bowling alley bouncer, Bilon played, or rather wore, the 40-lb. hero in most of his movement scenes, an experience he compared with spending time in a steam bath...
Clark's day begins at 8 a.m. when a nurse awakens him for a sponge bath and a series of tests. At least once every eight hours his blood chemistry, cardiac output and other vital signs are checked. After a morning visit from his doctors, Clark rests briefly and then is helped into an overstuffed recliner chair, where he sits until 5 or 6 p.m. His frequent catnaps are interrupted by two 20-minute sessions of exercises to strengthen his muscles and improve his circulation...
...that cheerful note, goodbyes are said. Olivier prepares to return to the country, his wife and his pool, as inviting as a baby's bath. There is a final thank-you to "Lord Olivier," and he utters a sound, difficult to describe but impossible to forget, somewhere between a sorry sigh and an angry bellow. "Lord Olivier becomes a bit boring, you know." Then, as he tells everyone but delivery boys and chimney sweeps, he says: "Call me Larry." -By Gerald Clarke