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...ranked among the least surprising social announcements of the year. In a terse, yet poignantly personal four-sentence message, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 57, and his aspiring-photographer wife Margaret, 28, last week declared that they are formally separating. The statement issued by the Prime Minister's Ottawa office said that "because of Margaret's wishes" to "leave the marriage and pursue an independent career" the couple "will begin living separately and apart." According to the announcement, "Pierre will have custody of their three children [Justin, 5, Alexandre, 3, and Michel, 1½], giving Margaret generous access...
...While Pierre stayed home in Ottawa with the children, Margaret celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary by partying it up in Toronto with one of her favorite rock bands, Britain's raunchy Rolling Stones (TIME, March 21). The group's lead guitarist, Keith Richard, had just been charged with possession of heroin for the purpose of trafficking. Margaret subsequently flew off to Manhattan and launched a freelance photographic career...
...Back in Ottawa, the Prime Minister stoutly defended his wife's independent ways; since then, however, the couple's paths have barely crossed. One of Margaret's confidants declared last April that the pair had quietly agreed to a trial separation, but it was never confirmed. When last week's formal separation was announced, Margaret was back in Manhattan, refusing any comment...
...breakup was presumably wrenching to both parties. Yet at an Ottawa reception the night before the announcement, according to one of the Prime Minister's aides, Trudeau "looked the best he's looked this year. He's in fine spirits and great shape...
...overly concerned about potential power rivals like Texan John Connally, too intrigued by Hollywood and other show-business celebrities. Nixon claims he was not bothered by some indiscreet criticism from Henry. "An odd man ... unpleasant ... very artificial," Kissinger was once heard to say about Nixon at a dinner in Ottawa when he was unaware that his table microphone was on. Nixon tells Frost with good humor: "He didn't remember to turn off the microphone, but on the other hand, I didn't turn it off in the Oval Office either on occasion." However, Nixon adds, the remarks "drove...