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...West Germans were also anxious that the ailing Brezhnev might be stricken during his visit to Bonn. At times, such as on his arrival, Brezhnev's jaw hung slackly, and he breathed heavily. His hosts say that the Soviet leader was suffering from a recurring affliction of the trigeminus, the nerve controlling the lower jaw. Knowledgeable West German sources believe that Brezhnev receives regular injections to correct his condition. He often spoke clearly, although he tired after discussions with Schmidt went on for about 90 minutes. Brezhnev would retire, usually with a doctor, to an adjoining room...
...blue sweater, plaid skirt and sensible English shoes. The filming is on the level of the average home movie, and the action consists solely of Woodhouse putting mutts and masters through their paces. The dogs appear to be enjoying themselves; the owners, a dozen or so terror-stricken men and women...
While visiting Children's Memorial Hospital for a routine knee examination, Petkevitch was motivated to create the show by the sight of the many cancer-stricken children. "Skaters spend their time skating around in circles hour after hour without really doing very much for others. I wanted a chance to help those who are not so well off," Petkevitch, now an Eliot House tutor, said...
Sadat's program hardly touched the lives of Egypt's poverty-stricken masses. Mokhtar Younis, 54, is a baggage porter at the Cairo railroad station and lives in a nearby slum. He is able to get work only about 15 days a month, for which he receives a monthly take-home pay of about $14. He and his wife Ne'mat, 28, live with their eleven children in a single room that measures just...
...Paul's, and his monument bears a stone copy of one of his best-known paintings, an image recognizable to thousands of people who probably could not have identified a Turner, a Blake or even a Constable: The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner, a grief-stricken collie resting its head on its master's coffin...