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...anyone who recalled the effervescent old Lyndon, the new Lyndon was a revelation. Questioned by three television newsmen. Johnson never once raised his voice above a statesmanlike murmur...
Cassius skipped rope for hours to toughen his legs, flailed away at a heavy bag to put power into his punches, sparred with his own mirrored image to quicken his timing and reflexes. There was one terrifying moment at 15 when he flunked a prefight physical. "Heart murmur." said the doctor. But nothing came of it. Cassius rested for four months, then started, fighting again. On weekends, he wandered about like a nomad, taking on all comers in amateur tournaments all across...
...even Senators who murmur that Long "follows strange gods" do not question his ability. Admits one Republican Senator: "When he gets hold of something, he's a tiger with it." Long has a penetrating mind and. says one Senate staffer, is "one of the very few members left who can make a speech that will change some minds right on the floor...
...smoothly, as when the distorted image of a gangster in a funhouse mirror gives way in an eyeblink to a beautiful girl looking in a mirror at a new fur wrap. She rules more by sex appeal than by fiat. "Can we try it this way, darling," she will murmur, "or would you hate me for that, sweetheart?" Or, as she adjusts the plastic welder's mask designed to protect her from flying chips and plaster: "Darling, could you hold the gun this way and shoot down the alley? Try it, sweetheart, and see if it works." The actors...
...Normal Life. By the rarest chance, Ro Anne Campbell had her operation while Patricia Karen Holten of Aurora was starting back to school after a speedy recovery from the same sort of surgery. And Patricia had a similar medical history: first a heart murmur, then gradually failing strength until an operation seemed unavoidable. But to the surgeons who opened her chest two years ago, her aortic narrowing seemed inoperable. Last summer Patricia went to Dr. Arthur E. Prevedel, 44, who put her into Children's Hospital in Denver. He worked plastic tubes through arm veins into both sides...