Word: eye
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...gone. In the fall CAA will move into a new 65,000-sq.-ft. headquarters building in Beverly Hills designed by architect I.M. Pei. Ovitz, who lives in tony Brentwood with his wife Judy and their three children, often attends Los Angeles Lakers games, where he can keep an eye on one of his newest clients, star guard Magic Johnson. Every morning at dawn, he practices aikido, a Japanese form of self-defense that turns the attacker's momentum against him. Says he: "We're painted as aggressive, which is true to a point, but everything is balanced...
...revenge in kind. We seem to have a double standard about death: it is wrong to murder, but killing in reprisal is O.K. For those who believe all murder, including executions, is wrong, it will never be acceptable for society to kill in our name. The trouble with eye-for-eye justice is that it legitimizes the taking of the first eye...
INTERVIEW: Tom Wolfe turns his X-ray eye on American society, and himself...
...monotonous rows of eyeglass frames, optometrists' offices used to be about as exciting as barbershops. These days, though, many eyeware outlets look like a cross between Romper Room and a video arcade. Colorful blocks, spinning charts, precarious balance beams and computerized gizmos with flashing lights all vie for the eye's attention. The games and gadgetry are the tools of "vision therapy," an increasingly popular but controversial program that aims at making the eye as quick as the hand through exercise and training...
...sharpening their sight. A six-month program of weekly 45-minute sessions can cost as much as $3,000. Believers range from anxious parents who want to better their youngsters' academic performance to pro-baseball players like Yankee slugger Don Mattingly who thinks vision exercises help him keep his eye on the ball. Joe Fugaro of East Brunswick, N.J., credits the treatment with improving his trapshooting. "You need to keep your eyes tuned up," he says...