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...half brother Ron works for NBC radio; his half sister Patti sings and acts; his mother Jane Wyman stars on TV's Falcon Crest; and his father's performances draw landslides of applause. So it seemed only natural when Michael Reagan, 39, recently decided to become an actor. The President's adopted son had been doing endorsement commercials in connection with his first passion, boat racing, and liked it so much he is taking classes with Acting Coach Rick Walters, whose pupils include Barbi Benton and Priscilla Presley. And what is the reaction of the leading man in the White...
...light, cozy ambience. Trompe l'oeil reigns: columns that appear to be marble turn out to be made of skillfully disguised plaster. Scenes from plays like Goethe's Faust and Lessing's Nathan der Weise adorn the doorways; in the auditorium, the gilt chandelier is topped with the crest of the old Saxon monarchy. It illuminates a mid-19th century musical pantheon that includes Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer and Spontini...
THERE IS a tide in the affairs of books. At certain times, the popularity of a particular genre seems to be at its crest. Recent bestseller lists indicate that the 80s is the decade of the biography and the historical romance. They depict complete lives, some with real direction and purpose, perhaps things modern man may lack. The dreams, hopes, ambitions and achievements of the great men of a former are can offer inspiration and hope...
...honey creeper, crushes rock-hard mamane seeds with its beak. But up on top, science has taken over. Because the exceptionally dry and stable atmosphere over Mauna Kea makes the site among the world's best spots for star gazing, six telescopes have been built on the volcano's crest, and two more are under construction...
...extraordinary newcomer will join that celestial company. The California Institute of Technology, working with the University of California, will build the world's biggest optical telescope on the volcano's crest; construction could begin as early as 1986. The mammoth instrument, made possible by a $70 million grant to Caltech by the W.M. Keck Foundation, will have an innovative mirror system nearly 400 in. in diameter, which is twice the width and has four times the light-gathering capacity of today's reigning optical telescope, the 200-in. Hale device at Mount Palomar, Calif. When astronomers begin using...