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...might trace the beginnings of this total-exposure phenomenon to Dwight Eisenhower's two major illnesses during his presidency. First, Ike's heart was examined, chamber by chamber, in prime time. Then, viewers were taken on a tour of his small intestine, the site of his ileitis. In family matters, however, Ike remained aloof. It was John Kennedy who saw that the cozy private world of public men-where they could talk one way and act another-was bound to end. He submitted to the rising demands to know. He opened up, a bit, on his family...
Although Perahia began studying piano at six, he was no performing prodigy. Until he reached his mid-20s, he was mainly a team man, playing chamber music with such artists as Alexander Schneider, Rudolf Serkin and Pablo Casals, whom he met at the Marlboro Music Festival. At the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan, Perahia studied conducting with Carl Bamberger. "I was very involved in absolute music, in how certain notes react to one another," he says. Only after he graduated did he become fascinated by the demands and mysteries of solo performing...
...measure is signed by Franjieh -there is no guarantee that the stubborn old mountain man will do so-the way will be clear for the legislature to pick a new head of state. Because Parliament's official chamber had been sacked during the fighting and is still not secure, the deputies met in a villa, near the Beirut race track, that was supposed to be on neutral ground. The site turned out to be the scene of some of the week's bloodiest clashes...
...when the legislation was brought before the Chamber of Deputies, right-wing Christian Democrats, at the urging of the Vatican, tacked on a crippling amendment that would still allow legal abortion only in cases of rape or for medical reasons. The conservatives' amendment passed by a margin of 298 to 286; the pivotal votes came from Italy's small and despised neo-Fascist party. Outraged socialists protested this "black vote," and there was even scuffling in the chamber. "This means there is nothing left to be done with the Christian Democrats," groaned Socialist Deputy Loris Fortuna, leader...
...like a normal teenager. Darkly handsome with brown hair and twinkling eyes, he sings folk songs, plays the guitar, performs card tricks and is fascinated by the Old West. But Teddy is no ordinary youngster. His world consists largely of a small (8% ft. by 10 ft.), near-sterile chamber at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Md., where he has lived in isolation for the past 31/2 years...