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Members of some 2 million U.S. families are allergic to cats. Feline saliva contains the offending substance, a protein called Fel d1 (for Felis domesticus 1) that is left on the fur and skin during preening, a full-time preoccupation of most cats. As a result, houses full of cat hair and dander cause uncomfortable reactions in 25% of allergy sufferers. "Some 70% of cat owners allow their cats to sleep with them in their beds," says Dr. Joseph Wedner, chief of allergy and clinical immunology at Washington University. "There's no better way to make someone allergic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Allergies Nothing to Sneeze At | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...Republican Party sets about forging what Rusher calls "a new majority coalition" to enact Reagan's programs Bill Buckley expects to be kept quite busy in his chosen role at National Review watching, criticizing, correcting his fel low conservatives in the ways of the faith articulating new positions for them - anc for Reagan. Says the editor of the President's favorite magazine: "I'm changing my entry in Who's Who. Under profession, instead of editor, I am going to put ventriloquist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: All the President's Magazines | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

With a metallic inflection and a singular indifference to the nuances of text - as well as to the presence onstage of her fel low players - Tammy Grimes bestows on Natalya a private life that Noel Coward might have en vied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love in Limbo | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

Wearying Ebullience. As for Shaw - what are we to do with him? He ap pears to be a congenitally ebullient fel low, willing to do anything to perk up a dull scene. Here he plays the local expert on treasure hunting, full of unexplained but noisy eccentricities, which he cheerfully stresses in a variety of accents and many a broad gesture. He provides energy in what would otherwise be purely expository scenes, but he is rather hard on any scenery or actors who happen to get in his way. Over a long haul, he is also wearying - like a drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Deep in the Shallow Waters | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

HARVARD SQUARE. Tokyo Story 1:30, 5:25, 9:20. Princess Yong Kwel Fel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 11/2/1972 | See Source »

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