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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that I learned from the gypsies and my other sources, but there is more about the nature of palmistry that may prove interesting. The lines in the palm, particularly the four main ones (life, fate, head, and heart) are actually formed before birth. The fetus awaits birth with closed hands, and the act of making a fist creates creases or lines in the hand. I have looked at subjects as young as six weeks of age and found their fortunes quite easy to read, although some squinting is required. The lines deepen and change somewhat during one's lifetime...
...third encounter may serve to an- swer the question whether I really believe in palmistry. In Hyannis last July I met a waitress named Janice, aged 47, who was particularly eager to have her palm read. I soon found out why: the life line on her right hand, and on her left, stopped abruptly at the age of 50. I was astonished, for this occurs in about one case out of a thousand. I asked her how her health was, and she replied, "It's all right." Not contented, I pursued further: "Do you have any trouble with your health...
...doubt if most of my readers really believe in palmistry, but for any who do or are interested in my predictions merely for the sake of entertainment, I can generally be found around Harvard Square. I read the right hand mainly. The left hand, according to tradition, is one's fortune at birth, his inherited fortune, while the right hand indicates what one is making of his fortune. It is therefore more current, more accurate for the present. I generally look first at the life line (the curved one nearest the base of the thumb) and give a prediction...
...unable to capitalize. John Burnett, B.C.'s netminder, was almost impenetrable as he turned away 40 shots. The lone Crimson tally came at 5:35 of the first period. Joe Cavanagh, the Yardling's top scorer, drilled a pass from fellow forward Steve Owen into the upper left-hand corner of the Eagle nets past the out-positioned Burnett...
...psychedelia profit from traditional structuring; but by sticking to a coherent narrative, Rooks and photographer Robert Frank make this nether world accessible to the film's uninitiated audiences, providing something of a public service. Frank comes close to achieving a sensible relationship between the narrative film and the hand-held camera, and between color and black-and-white tootage transposed in editing. Imaginative scene conception, beautiful unfiltered color, and excellent acting help make Chappaqua a highly successful exercise in therapeutic film autobiography...