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When Luci Baines Johnson celebrated her 18th birthday by entering the Roman Catholic Church a fortnight ago, Father James Montgomery capped the ceremony by pouring water on her forehead and saying: "If you have not been baptized, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." Luci's conversion turned out to be a baptism of fire as well as of water. Almost immediately, there were angry murmurs of discontent from Episcopal churchmen-not because Luci had left their church,* but because she had been baptized as a baby according to Episcopal rites...
...told him he had an elegant profile," Koerner said, "and he would have to trust me as his patients trust him. He has a truly great face-those big eyebrows and that huge forehead...
...touch of a magic wand to bring them to life. As their fairy godmother, Marisol makes them in her own image. She juxtaposes two-and three-dimensional images, real glasses with the painted tux of a three-faced butler, even installing a tiny, working transistor television set in the forehead of a female figure. For The Visit, she left something more of herself, putting her own purse-minus only her keys and wallet-into the playful setting...
...minutes before curtain time, he enters the wings and begins exercising again. Then, as the curtain ascends, his forehead glistening with sweat, his chest heaving, he steps out into a halo of white light. Turning slowly, deliberately, he fixes his enigmatic gaze on the audience for one hypnotic moment, then begins to dance. And, like the sound of the sea, there comes the great rushing gasp of an audience enchanted...
...deaf-mute is not completely lost. Every facial tic, every finger flick, means something. A thumb jabbed at the mouth: "Waiter, bring some wine." A semi-rotating hand with thumb and forefinger up: "No can do." One raised finger: "Probably." Palm open: "Probably not." Tapping the center of the forehead: "Do you think I'm stupid?" Extended fingers slowly rubbing the underchin: "I couldn't care less...