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Good morning. Usual Quincy House breakfast fare, consisting of lumpy oatmeal, "poached" eggs on oast, chipped cream ham, a side of black coffee and a small pillow on the ground next to the chair to keel over onto...
...husband's mammoth work load, she finds that it has not come between them. "Evenings we usually spend together, both working while we sit in the den or maybe watch TV," she says. She also has unique occasions to lobby the President. "You might call it 'pillow talk,' " she says with a grin. "I definitely think I have influenced him on women's issues. There's a woman in the Cabinet-and I suggested that. Now if I can get a woman on the Supreme Court, I'll be batting...
...shopping and entertainment center. In Chicago, a seven-decade-old building that served variously as a hospital and a whorehouse is now a popular restaurant. In San Antonio, a vast brewery is being converted into an art museum. In San Francisco, a plant that once processed chicken feathers for pillow stuffing has been transformed into an office building. In Galveston, New Orleans, New York and scores of other U.S. cities, old buildings are being put to new uses. They are, in the current jargon, being recycled...
...explosion of laughter. They take a line like "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition" and turn it into a six-minute joke when Cardinal Fang bursts in shouting, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" and proceeds to torture his victims wih a comfy chair and a soft pillow. During the surfeit of Mary Queen of Scots a few years ago, Monty Python produced a skit that reduced the enigmatic Scotswoman's appeal to its formulaic minimum--a long series of sounds as Mary Queen of Scots is battered to death until on gruff soldier's voice murmurs, "Is she dead...
Richard J. Herrnstein, professor of Psychology, sees The Godfather 11 times and and wakes up with a bloody pigeon's head under his pillow. Bok sees The Godfather II 18 times and lays off all Italians. "I tried laying off the Scotch also," Bok explains, "but beer makes me gain weight, and it's bad for my image...