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...brief character sketch in Milestones, in which the Most Rev. James A. McNulty [Sept. 18] was described as "iron-willed," "hot-tempered" and "conservative." I can understand the use of the term "iron-willed" rather than the more charitable "firm." I can understand the label "conservative." What amazed, angered and grieved me (in that order) was to read of a man who was in reality characterized by gentleness, patience under attack and genuine long-suffering without complaint described as "hot-tempered...
...midst of his office labors John F. Kennedy liked to doodle squares and, arrows and even to make sketches: houses, boats, things like that. Some of his creations he gave away to family and friends (there are five known specimens), but at least one item ended up in the wastebasket. That, apparently, is where someone found a sketch of the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, Mass. Now that picture belongs to an Alexandria, Va., antique dealer named Holly Langhorne, who acquired it in exchange for some objets d'art. Next year, on the tenth anniversary of J.F.K...
Harry Callahan testifies to the photographer's involvement with the graphic arts. His "Multiple Exposure Tree" with fine-lined branches appears to be an ink sketch rather than a photograph; the circular motion, spontaneity and simplicity of coal black against white evoke the calligraphy and bold brush strokes of Japanese artists...
...graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was an associate editor of the prestigious Law Review. A wealthy man, he inherited a fortune from his family's underwear-manufacturing business. Though he is no longer personally associated with the firm, political cartoonists continue to sketch him in long Johns. After practicing law and spending eight years as Nova Scotia's opposition leader, Stanfield served as the province's Premier for 11 years...
...Trouble with People. Neil Simon presents a five-sketch special with an all-star cast including James Coco and George C. Scott. CH. 4, 9 p.m. Color...