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Like his predecessors, Barney Clark, William Schroeder, Murray Haydon and Swedish Patient Leif Stenberg, Burcham was a dy- ing man who gambled on the artificial heart to win a few extra months of life. "We were hoping that he would be able to live like Schroeder," said Jack B. Burcham, 41, the < patient's son, "but Dad was just too weak." (Schroeder has survived more than 150 days with his artificial heart; Barney Clark died after 112 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Another Setback in Louisville | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...earned enough to buy a Rolls-Royce, several racehorses, a $500,000 home overlooking Washington's Rock Creek Park and a 2.5% stake in the Washington Capitals ice-hockey team. Among the investors who flocked to his deals were a host of celebrities, including Filmmaker Woody Allen, Comic Bill Murray, Actors Christopher Walken and Frank Langella, TV Personality Dick Cavett and Author Erica Jong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bogus Shelters for the Stars | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...explication and analysis of the film Amadeus (Harvard Square). Professor Thomas Hulce (perhaps you've heard of him--it seems he's quite a gifted actor, judging from his performance in Animal House) has an unusual attachment to this film, and has us all convinced that Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is the Devil, sight unseen. Dewitt is willing to give Salieri the benefit of the doubt unless Mozart stops that lunatic giggling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Movies to Make Mom Proud | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

...process came off as a smart-assed elitist. If, in fact, that is you nature, Harvard credentials won't help you in the "real" world. If your article was an attempt at humor, I'd grade it an "F". You'll have to study more Jim Murray columns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dear Nick... Mail From Duluth | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

Moynihan-who noted that he has given a Phi Beta Kappa Oration, a Freshman Lecture and a Commencement Address have-took aim specifically at arguments by conservative Charles Murray that federal social programs only increase dependence, encourage the break-down of the family and prolonged poverty...

Author: By D. JOSEPH Menn, | Title: Moynihan Kicks Off Godkin Lectures | 4/9/1985 | See Source »

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