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Webster was chosen from an original list of 117 prospects that was narrowed down to two after Bell consulted with lawyers, judges and law-enforcement officials. He and the other finalist, Federal Judge Frank McGarr of Chicago, met with Carter last week. Bell noted that both are Republicans; the Administration has been under heavy fire lately for partisanship in its appointments of federal judges and prosecutors. Bell suggested that Carter's decision might have turned on a simple affinity of temperament. "McGarr is a trial lawyer and has a more dominant personality," said the Attorney General. "Webster is given...
...decades before he died in 1970, Lugt knew more about his chosen subject than anyone else alive. His collection of Dutch and Flemish 17th century drawings-there are now 2,500 of them housed in the Institut Néerlandais in Paris, which he endowed-is definitive. The present show at New York's Morgan Library, entitled "Rembrandt and His Century: Dutch Drawings of the 17th Century" and comprising only 132 items culled from the 2,500, conveys at least an idea of the collection's extraordinary range and quality. Lugt's taste...
Michael Noakes, one of Britain's royal portraitists, describing the travails of painting Elizabeth II: "Once she has chosen a pose, it's difficult to know how much one can ask her to modify it. Can you say 'Put more weight on the other foot' to the Queen...
Lake Placid, N. Y., which played host to the Winter Olympics of 1932, has been chosen again for the 1980 Games. And after years of decay and decline, the little (pop. 2,800) Adirondack village is already experiencing a boom that could change the nature of the town forever. TIME Correspondent Peter Staler reports...
This year's Super Bowl zebras will, as always, be an all-star cast, chosen by N.F.L. Supervisor of Officials Art Mc-Nally and his staff after watching game films and grading performances. The referee, linesman, head linesman, umpire, field judge and back judge who rate number one will get to call the big one this Sunday. Two retired N.F.L. referees who have been there before, Norm Schachter (three Super Bowls) and Tommy Bell (two Super Bowls), last week reflected on the techniques and pratfalls of the official's craft: Schachter on Super Bowl preparation On the Friday...