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Gore Vidal, author, reflecting on his craft: "Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare had perhaps 20 players, and Tennessee Williams has about five and Samuel Beckett one-and perhaps a clone of that one. I have ten or so, and that's a...
She sweeps into the shabby residential Manila district of Santa Cruz in a black limousine, escorted by a busload of security guards and surrounded by political aides, cheerleaders, TV and movie stars. The crowd is enthralled by First Lady Imelda Marcos' skillful blend of political harangue and folksy charm...
The cardiac bypass was first developed as a regular procedure in 1967, when only 37 operations were performed. Since then some 300,000 to 400,000 have been carried out in the U.S. alone, and the 1978 total is expected to top 75,000. The operation involves taking lengths of...
While Carter may be praised for his desire to let collective bargaining proceed on its own as long as possible, it also seems the White House did not pay enough attention to the impending dangers and did not sufficiently plan ahead. Says a top labor mediator: "Skillful people could have...
Novelist Granam Greene, 73, is entering the 50th year of a charmed career. Since publication of The Man Within in 1929, he has achieved critical and popular success. Among the English writers of Greene's generation, only Evelyn Waugh was more skillful at moving a narrative with brief, dramatic...