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Does he discuss politics with the boss? "Yes," says she. "We talk about political problems and my problems, just as we talked about his when he was running his family business." He is reputed to be a skillful host at No. 10, and usually manages to get in a golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Gentleman | 6/20/1983 | See Source »

Despite a skillful pilot, 23 die in a jetliner blaze

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fire Within Flight 797 | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

At his most skillful, Nichols tellingly evokes the Joycean interior monologue in which the tingling shock effect is that of making the holy ritual of the confessional an open secret. In one scene, James is at a one-woman show of Kate's photographs, and his alter ego speaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love and Loin | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

Aldredge's costumes, which tend towards satin and well-tailored fits, flatter the actors well, as do David Mitchell's sets and Tharon Musser's skillful lighting Mitchell creates a lovely art-deco Parisian living room, with a satin chaise, modernist artwork and large, slanted windows. And Katselas also surrounds...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Invasion of Privacy | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

According to Ford, somatizing disorders take many forms, including hysteria, malingering, chronic pain and hypochondriasis. The hypochondriac is preoccupied with the fear of having a serious disease. Some doctors refer to the treatment of hypochondriacs, or "crocks," as "psychoceramic medicine" and the recitation of their histories as "organ recitals." Other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Turning Illness into a Way of Life | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

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