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...Space Telescope, a 2.4 m (94 in.) mirror scheduled to be placed in orbit by the space shuttle in the early 1980s. Flying above the obscuring atmosphere, this observatory should pick up a variety of celestial phenomena, including infrared and ultraviolet radiation, and reveal hidden structural details of galaxies that may harbor black holes...
...protect her from the law, however. In Central Park last week, a policeman came up and ordered Bob Weatherwax, the son of her famous trainer, Rudd, to put her on a leash. "This dog never wears a leash," protested Weatherwax. "This is Lassie!" Responded the cop: "Right, and I'm the King of Siam. Now get a leash, or I'll have to arrest...
ROBERT KENNEDY AND HIS TIMES by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.; Houghton Mifflin; 1066 pages...
Because it is huge, exhaustively researched and written by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., an eminent historian who has won two Pulitzer Prizes, this biography will probably be heralded for years to come as the definitive portrait of Robert F. Kennedy. The book's breadth and scholarship merit this attention; future students of R.F.K. and his age could do far, far worse. But those too young to have experienced the 16 turbulent years of Kennedy's public life may leave Schlesinger's extended guided tour with a pronounced feeling of bewilderment. Why did Bobby waste time campaigning...
...Richard Meryman's delightful biography shows, Mank's wit had an undertow of bitterness and desperation. "I am the most serious man in the world," he said, "even when I'm joking." The son of a German immigrant who believed in Prussian discipline, Mankiewicz was ceaselessly downgraded by his father. The old man, a professor of languages, seemed jealous and resentful of Herman's precocity. Early on, the boy became convinced that he was a failure and spent the rest of his life trying to prove himself right...