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...despite its impact, menstrual distress rarely has stirred medical interest. Some attribute the neglect to sexist bias by a male-dominated medical Establishment. Says Family Practitioner Penny Budoff of the State University of New York at Stony Brook: "Many physicians act as if pain is women's due and getting rid of it is almost sacrilegious." A more basic reason may be that doctors have been unable to explain the link between a bewildering array of physical and psychological problems and a normal physiological event. As a result, women have been urged to cope as best they can with...
...trained as an architect and went on to scenic design, acting and directing in Bucharest. He did his first work in the U.S. at the Washington, D.C., Arena Stage in 1974. He is a bold innovator with a powerful sense of the visual, much like Britain's Peter Brook. To the Guthrie's great good fortune, he is off to a spectacular start...
DIED. Paul Butler, 89, Chicago industrialist and founder of Butler Aviation, one of the nation's largest general aviation companies; of injuries received when he was struck by a car near his home; in Oak Brook, Ill. Butler, an expert pilot, founded Butler Aviation in 1946 to provide fuel and service for private aircraft in airports across the country. An avid sportsman, he once maintained 3,000 acres in Oak Brook, comprising an airstrip, riding stables, a golf course and 13 polo fields...
Cohen, age 57, lives in Manhattan, where he is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and SUNY at Stony Brook. During the summer, he performs and teaches at the Marlboro Festival. The son of a scrap-metal dealer from Brooklyn, Cohen studied under Ivan Galamian at Julliard. Before joining the Beaux Arts Trio in 1968, Cohen spent more than ten years with the Julliard String Quartet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the distinguished Budapest Quartet. In some ways, Cohen is the most jocular of the Beaux Arts, often relieving the tension of rehearsals...
Like Cohen, Greenhouse also teaches at the Manhattan School and at Stony Brook; he resides in Long Island. Greenhouse has studied with the world's greatest cellists, including Emanuel Feuermann and Pablo Casals. The latter taught Greenhouse in France just after World War II for free--in exchange for his pledge to support the Spanish Republican cause. After spending some years as a soloist. Greenhouse opted for a somewhat less draining ensemble career. When his friends Menahem Pressler and Daniel Guilet approached him in 1955, he agreed to join them for eight to ten concerts. He has been a part...