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Hollywood has flirted with the poet since its infancy; this week the American Film Institute is showing the 1912 The Life and Death of King Richard III, the oldest surviving U.S. feature film. For MGM in 1936, Leslie Howard (then 43) and Norma Shearer (36) played Romeo and Juliet. The movies have put Shakespeare in gangland (Joe Macbeth) and outer space (Forbidden Planet, from The Tempest...
...spirit of the overstressed, overburdened, yet somehow still optimistic American working mother. By inserting the quotes from the various campaign pollsters and personnel, which contrast sharply with Lori's life and problems, you pointed up the fallacy of political speeches and articles. All that matters is what politicians do. NORMA M. WASSERMAN New Rochelle, New York...
BORN: Dec. 10, 1925, Wheatland EDUCATION: U of Texas, B.A., 1948; California State U, B.A., 1950; U of Southern California, M.A., 1950; Nathaniel Hawthorne College, L.H.D., 1967; U of Texas, Ph.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Norma; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Navy, 1943-46; Army Reserve, 1958-63 OCCUPATION: Professor; business consultant; campaign manager; POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1986 ADDRESS: 1 Plaza South, Tahlequah...
Hearing horror stories like Dever-Bumba's is all in a day's work for Norma M. Lang, dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and a veteran of 35 years in nursing. "People don't trust that someone is going to take care of them," says Lang, 56. "I've heard that around the country." She cited research from her university indicating hospitals that place a high priority on nurses have a 7.7% lower mortality rate than hospitals with no such priority. "Really experienced nurses know when they walk into the room...
...this is not a picture of MIRA SORVINO accepting her Best Supporting Actress Oscar, although she did wear almost that much ice on the big night. This is Mira playing the big M.M. in Norma Jean & Marilyn on HBO. Sorvino is an odd casting choice; rarely have two blonds had less in common. Marilyn never finished high school, while Mira not only has a Harvard degree but also got a Ford Foundation grant to write her thesis in Beijing. But don't call Marilyn a bimbo around Mira. "You can't become a superstar like that without having a brain...