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...send off a probe to intercept the most famous comet of all, Halley's, when it returns in 1986, IRAS-Araki-Alcock was a gift from heaven. At close encounter, it appeared as a blurry patch, about three times the diameter of the full moon, near the bowl of the Big Dipper...
...from any of Maurice Sendak's clever, malicious little tours de force--take "Stir it once, stir it twice, stir it chicken soup with rice"--means virtually nothing, and therein lies its charm. Blow it up to the size of the Loeb mainstage, add reddish lights and a crescent moon, choreograph it for 30 people in black lectards, and what have you got? Nothing, Nothing...
...Print it!" yells Director Apted, a tall fellow in Moon Boots and an Everest anorak. Casting Pacula as the lead was a wild risk, Apted admits, and not simply because of her English, which she has now brought to the level of lightly accented near fluency. The fact is that except for the screen test, nobody in the West had ever seen a frame of film she had made. Says Apted: "I loved the look of her, the demeanor, that's what I cast...
They said man would never walk on the moon, but he did. So why should President Reagan's idea of space weapons be considered impossible? Daniel Stabe Rush City, Minn...
...major public event in U.S. life seemed quite complete until Mailer had observed himself observing it: a huge anti-Viet Nam War march on the Pentagon (The Armies of the Night); political conventions (Miami and the Siege of Chicago); the Apollo space program (Of a Fire on the Moon). Mailer was not content simply turning out excellent books. He gave the impression that every moment he did not spend writing was given over to self-promotion. Proclaiming himself top contender for the crown of best American writer, he easily picked off the title for most interviewed. Says Buzz Farbar...