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...hero in. "They kept bringing in all those cardiac cases," growled John Wayne, 57. "I was ready to shoot my way out." Hastily, they moved him to another floor to finish recovering from surgery for the removal of a lung abscess. Finally, 10 lbs. (and several shades of tan) lighter, the Duke strode from the sickbed into a brigade of reporters. Had it been cancer? A heart attack? "There's nothing to that," he roared, ripping open his shirt and showing his scar. "Take a look for yourself...
...selection process that only one question in ten reaches an exam in its original form. For example, when students were asked to decide whether "Alpha-particle emission with long half lives is a property peculiar to a) compounds, b) heterogeneous matter, c) the heavier elements, d) the lighter elements or e) uranium," many students interpreted "peculiar" as meaning "strange or unusual." The question (answer: c) the heavier elements) was clarified by replacing "peculiar" with the phrase "found only...
...Strauss operas and can also confidently interpret his lieder. Here she sings Zueignung, Stündchen, and other songs of Strauss's youth in a voice like silver filigree. Her accompanist, Arpad Sandor, achieves the same fragile brilliance on the piano as they evoke both the dark and lighter moods of love...
Frottage. Recently, Rauschenberg has stopped incorporating objects into his work. He uses images of them from newspapers, color comics and magazine pictures. He squirts lighter fluid on the pictures, presses them on his drawing paper, and transfers the images by rubbing on them with an inkless ballpoint pen-a technique called frottage. For big oils such as Tracer, he uses the silk-screen stenciling process to print photographs that strike him. "I feel it's so wasteful not to use the images you find around you," he says. In 1960 he finished 34 delicate frottage drawings to illustrate Dante...
...days late for spring training. Bauer fined him $100 for each day, then sold him to Washington-a comedown that could cost Willie approximately $10,000 in bonus money if the Orioles win the pennant. Three young players who missed a midnight curfew by 20 minutes got off with lighter sentences: two laps around the field, double time. "Just remember," said Bauer, "if you ream me, I got the last ream...