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...hailed as a triumph his memoir of living with locked-in syndrome--a state of virtually total paralysis that leaves the victim, in Bauby's words, "like a mind in a jar"--the former editor in chief of French Elle magazine died. Bauby's book Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Bubble and the Butterfly) is a celebration of life written by a man incapable of speech or movement...
...Long lines at the cash counters are as common as caterpillars. Says Texas Catalogue King Roger Horchow: "Working women particularly find it's faster and easier to flip through five to ten catalogues than go to five to ten stores." Betty Bearden, 35, founder-president of Atlanta-based Papillon (estimated 1982 sales: $8 million), observes, "The copy alongside the products in our catalogues can tell you more about them than a salesclerk, if you are lucky enough to run into a salesclerk, much less one who knows anything about the product...
Minneapolis fans have long grumbled about the Metrodome's downtown location, meager parking space and the unusual development incentives used to get it built. On seeing snowmelt puddles in the outfield, one joker suggested renaming the arena Aquadome. Said Minneapolis Star Sportswriter Scott Papillon: "The Minnesota Twins won't even have to ship players back to the minors. They can just station them in left field and let them drift...
...leading Hollywood star of the '60s and '70s; of a heart attack after undergoing surgery for removal of a cancerous tumor; in Juarez, Mexico. A graduate of a reform school and a Marine brig, McQueen was typecast for his tough roles, whether leading a prison escape (Papillon), masterminding a daring caper (The Thomas Crown Affair) or driving through a breakneck chase (Bullitt). His screen persona exemplified grace under pressure; he raised his fists but never his voice. He revealed last month that he was suffering from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer...
MARRIED. Dustin Hoffman, 43, versatile film actor (Papillon, Marathon Man) who this year won an Academy Award for his performance in Kramer vs. Kramer; and Lisa Gottsegen, 25, a lawyer; he for the second time, six days after his divorce from Anne Byrne, his actress-dancer wife of eleven years; in Roxbury, Conn. Hoffman and Gottsegen met through his parents and her grandparents, who were neighbors in Los Angeles...