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...felt her lips grow softer and farther from any turning back and he heard his own will, as hers receded before him, crying on, on and on. But in the midst of the maelstrom, a tiny vortex began to shape itself. It grew, it gathered, it took form, it slowed the storm, and bit by bit it robbed away his power...
...saying a famous director had had a nervous breakdown, so that Goldman would turn to one of Begelman's clients instead. And director Alan Pakula (Sophiz's Choice, Klute) told Goldman to give him versions of All the President's Men that were both longer and shorter, harder and softer. "Don't deprive me of any riches," Pakula said...
...Wilhelm Roentgen opened the first window into the living body and inaugurated a new age in medicine. But anyone who has ever glanced at an X-ray film can perceive its Limitations. The picture gives little sense of depth, and while bones show up crisply enough, many of the softer tissues of the body are fuzzy shadows in shades of gray...
...delicate final week of negotiations, the catalyst-"escape valve," Commissioner Pete Rozelle called him-was Paul Martha, 40, a former Pittsburgh Steeler now a Pittsburgh attorney. Martha is a friend of Steeler President Dan Rooney, who had a large voice in management's negotiations and a much softer voice than Chief Negotiator Jack Donlan's. Martha also has a friendly relationship with Garvey. "Paul went back and forth," Rozelle said. "He was very helpful." Near the end, Garvey's willingness to accept help smacked of desperation. Individual teams were taking votes and signaling a growing inclination...
...bishops' letter is, intentionally or not, highly sympathetic to Democratic positions on nuclear arms. Indeed, the language used in calling for a freeze is nearly identical to a resolution, backed mainly by Democrats, that narrowly failed a House vote (204-202) last August; approved instead was a softer, Administration-backed proposal. Aside from its general political implications, the letter offers ammunition to the freeze movement. Says Randall Kehler, national coordinator of the Freeze Campaign Clearinghouse in St. Louis: "The document is saying to people that this is a serious, moral, religious issue...