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HOSPITALIZED. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., 72, son of the 32nd President and Democratic Congressman representing New York's 20th District from 1949 to 1954; in critical but improving condition following surgery after he, Wife Linda, 47, and Son Jack, 9, were thrown from a horse-drawn cart on their farm in Millbrook, N.Y.; in Poughkeepsie...
...Greenspan is something of a study in contrasts. Soft-spoken and shy, he nonetheless cuts an impressive swath on the social circuit that revolves around Manhattan's Upper East Side and Washington's Georgetown. The economist, who favors custom-made shirts and conservative suits, can be spotted at parties thrown by the likes of Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta and Publisher Malcolm Forbes. A longtime bachelor (a one-year marriage to Artist Joan Mitchell was annulled in 1953), Greenspan once dated Television Personality Barbara Walters, who calls her former escort an "excellent dancer." His current companion is Susan Mills...
...proper role of the council was thrown into question as controversy erupted over whether the council could debate divestment. Members split into two factions, "political" and "apolitical...
...will record not that the author shaped large events but that she simply survived to write a gripping personal account of her imprisonment between 1966 and 1973, during China's Cultural Revolution. Cheng, now 72, whose only crime was being born into a wealthy, land-owning Chinese family, was thrown into solitary confinement and ordered by Red Guards to confess to made-up crimes. She refused. Her captors finally released her in the mistaken belief that she was dying of cancer...
...Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, Jerry Hall and Tom Brokaw -- dined and danced in a circus-size tent and watched a fireworks show set to music by Gershwin and Beethoven. Wearing a Forbes tartan kilt and a big grin, Forbes admitted it was "absolutely the biggest party I've ever thrown. We originally thought we'd wait until the 75th, but I decided to have one at 70. That way we only have to wait five years until the next one." On second thought, make that capitalist party tool...