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...office on Jan. 20. One scenario is that Reagan would defiantly pardon the Iranscam defendants in the final hours of his presidency; another is that he would grant a pardon right after the election. Waiting until just after the voting would be ethically very dubious, says Washington Lawyer James Hamilton, a former Senate Watergate committee counsel. He believes it would be "highly inappropriate, depriving the voting public of information it has a right to know...
Most vulnerable of all are ballet dancers. "They are like Thoroughbred racehorses," says Dr. William Hamilton, who is affiliated with New York's Miller Institute, one of the most comprehensive of the new clinics. Falls and poor landings from jumps can cause sudden injuries, including sprained backs and snapped foot bones. "The fifth metatarsal breaks like a chicken bone," says Hamilton, orthopedic surgeon for the New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater. "You can hear it in the audience when it happens." Overuse and chronic trauma produce inflammations of tendons and stress fractures of foot and leg bones. Many...
Often the best remedy, but the one artists dread most, is to stop performing for a while. "Rest is a four-letter word for the ballet dancer," declares Hamilton. "For the musician," says Dr. Michael Charness, a member of the University of California clinic in San Francisco, "playing is more than their job. It's an emotional outlet." Are artists more vulnerable to psychological problems than most? "Performing is a very exhilarating and draining experience," says Dr. Richard Lederman, who heads a program at the Cleveland Clinic. Others observe that because training usually demands immersion at an early age, many...
Gunsmoke's final two days gave Hamilton a chance to test his faith. The target was an old Navy surplus plane surrounded by protective earthen dikes. Pilots had to approach it "in the weeds" -- 200 feet above ground again -- from 150 miles out, flying over pretarget locations at precise times. Finally, Hamilton and others had to evade smoke missiles while dropping a bulky parachute-equipped 500-lb. bomb. Hamilton, alone among all Gunsmoke pilots, elected to try an F-16 computer program called dive toss. The pilot fixes the target inside a box projected on the up screen, punches...
Baker presides in a glorious, bright office with a log fire that cuts the late-winter chill. He looks out one tall window on the White House gardens, out another toward Alexander Hamilton in the splendor of bronze and new cherry buds. Pity the beasts of political burden in Peoria's Holiday...