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...call Godey's latest book simply a work of fiction would be misleading. Although none of the major characters really exists, there are striking similarities between most of them and actual political figures. For example, Francis Rowan, the priest whose freedom Ken Booth seeks by stealing the Unknown Soldier, seems clearly patterned after religious activists of the '60s such as Daniel Berrigan and James Groppi--and in fact, Berrigan is compared to Rowan by name...
...began airing last Saturday night. Produced by WETA station in Washington, the ten half-hour shows-which will be available for use in schools after their ten-week PBS run-combine the high orchestral quality of Leonard Bernstein's celebrated children's concerts with spoofs inspired by Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Their purpose, says brash Host Murry Sidlin, 37, is to create consciousness raising in music. Sidlin, who conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in the series, believes "young people are visually sophisticated but often musically illiterate. By using TV we can help the eye lead...
Donald R. Rowan...
...times in the past five years, began filing immediately for this week's twelve-page section about Mao's death and China's future. (It is the fifth and presumably last time that Mao has appeared on our cover since 1949.) Hong Kong Bureau Chief Roy Rowan, who covered revolutionary China for LIFE, and Correspondent David Aikman also added the perspective of recent visits to China in their reporting. Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey interviewed Henry Kissinger on Mao. We also present an exclusive contribution from a newsman who died in 1972 but knew Mao better than...
...tense exchanges that result run to repetitive caricature, like mother-in-law jokes. "I felt like walking off and saying, 'Go ahead. Play the whole court.' " "My husband's favorite words are 'Shut up and hit the ball.' " Frosty silences can be plangent too. Carl Rowan remembers that when he used to play with his wife Vivien (a better player than he is), there were times when he did not dare look at her on the court. "I knew if I caught her eye, we'd spat." They get on better now because his game has improved. Ira Herrick...