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...monstrous traits, which Cosima shared or abetted: egomania, antiSemitism, a devouring exploitativeness. Yet Skelton seems to take his tone from a remark of Cosima's, when the abandoned Bülow told her he forgave her. "What is needed," said Cosima, "is not forgiveness, but understanding." -By Christopher Porterfield...
...frequency-sound-wave tests, given to many expectant mothers to check fetal development, can detect a cleft palate if administered in the last few weeks before birth. Devised by doctors at the Women's Hospital in Houston, the method may provide unpleasant information, but, says Dr. H. William Porterfield, president of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, "at least parents have the opportunity to plan for what can and should be done in an atmosphere of reasonable calm...
...mentors and heroes, and he cannot resist eulogizing them any more than he can resist retroactively converting them, even the most unreconstructed Tories, to socialism. In the process, he unabashedly reveals himself as something that many a politician would not readily admit to being: human. - By Christopher Porterfield...
...integrated into its surroundings that it "blended into the background," Thai used ten tungsten floodlights to illuminate the 157-ft. building and shot the picture at night. "We made the building glow like a huge lantern," says Thai. "When the architect saw it he was thrilled." Senior Editor Christopher Porterfield, who edited the story, recalls visiting East Baltimore Street's notorious "Block" while stationed near by in the Army in 1960-but Senior Writer Michael Demarest, who wrote the story, can top that. His memories of the city date back to 1943, when his Liberty ship stopped there...
...story was checked by Heyden White and edited by Christopher Porterfield, a self-described Anglophile who ate kippered herring for breakfast at 5 a.m. before watching the nuptials on television. Associate Editor Paul Gray wrote the text for the color photographs accompanying the story. The main account was written by Jay Cocks, author of last week's cover story on the royal couple, as well as a cover profile of Lady Diana last April. Says Cocks...