Word: luke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...towels for up to 72 hr. and on toilet seats for at least four. In one test, a seat used by a woman with thigh lesions showed live herpes viruses 90 min. later. But most doctors down-play the U.C.L.A. study. Dr. Harold Kessler of Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's, in Chicago, says herpetics should use their own towels, though the chances of passing on the infection via a towel are only about 1%. The virus dies so fast on a toilet seat, he says, that the risk of infection from that source is very slight indeed...
During his playing days 30 years ago, the Hall of Fame shortstop for the Chicago White Sox was known as Old Aches and Pains. But last week Septuagenarian Luke Appling could say, "I never felt better than I did last night." The reason: as the lead-off batter for the American League in the Cracker Jack Old Timers Baseball Classic at R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, he smacked the second pitch into the leftfield stands. The fence was only 250 ft., but never mind, nobody was counting up feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years...
...entertaining and engrossing as Star Wars was, its themes had virtually nothing to do with contemporary reality. It represented a world of absolutes, where good and evil fought it out for control of the galaxy. Its hero, the vapid Luke Sykwalker, relied on "The Force"--some ESTian kind of energy source--instead of on his own abilities. It is no wonder that the more self-assured rogue, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), emerged as the true hero of the Star Wars saga. But even he was too good to be true...
...period pieces have a responsibility to adhere to the problems of contemporary society, then films about the future share the burden. The future will not be as simple as the black-and-white world of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. If we continue to believe that it will be--vainly hoping that "The Force" will be with us--then we are indeed doomed to the barren landscape that swallows the blade runner...
...bestseller. Richard Chamberlain, 47, plays Meggie's paramour, Man of the Cloth Ralph de Bricassart. Jean Simmons, 53, has the role of her mother Fee, and Barbara Stanwyck, 74, is cast as her Aunt Mary Carson. Only one major part, that of Meggie's husband Luke, is being played by an Australian, Bryan Brown (Breaker Morant). Brown may have his Down Under accent down pat, but the rest will have to fake it. Rachel, who was raised on an Oxfordshire farm, hopes a mid-Atlantic cadence will carry her through. Besides, says she, "Americans can't tell...