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...colorful, cantankerous Benton (1889-1975) is being honored in his centennial year not only with a biography and a PBS special but also with this full-dress retrospective in his native state. Featured: the stylized murals of American history and daily life for which he was best known. Through June...
...Nancy Reagan gaze. Former Attorney General John Mitchell's wife Martha took to telephoning reporters and was forcibly sedated. Rita Jenrette, whose husband John was convicted for taking bribes in Abscam, used her 15 minutes of celebrity to pose in Playboy, reveal that she and John had known each other very well on the steps of the Capitol and land a role in Hollywood's Zombie Island Massacre...
...John Paul. Referring to the talks begun in 1982, he declared that the Anglican move to women priests and bishops "appears to pre-empt this study and effectively block the path to the mutual recognition of ministries." Though the Pope's opposition to women in the clergy is well known, this was his chilliest statement on the ecumenical implications...
...technical revolution in equipment has also delivered high-quality, moderately priced clubs and balls that give novices a chance to enjoy the game more quickly. The clubs used for driving and for long fairway shots are still known as "woods," but they strike truer now because they are made of metal. And the balls have been redesigned as well. Early last year Wilson Sporting Goods hired Gail Jonkouski, a former NASA engineer, to design a golf ball that would fly farther and straighter than balls then in use. With the help of a computer, Jonkouski rearranged the dimples...
...acre Hyde Park, N.Y., campus of the Culinary Institute of America, known in food circles as "the other C.I.A.," the school runs four different restaurants. The 1,850 students learn regional U.S. dishes for the American Bounty Kitchen, Italian fare for the Caterina de Medici restaurant and health- conscious dinners for St. Andrew's Cafe...