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...Ceiling Watcher. Color and its vibrations have always been central to Francis' work. Son of a California mathematics professor, his career as a painter began in 1943 when, age 20, he was bedridden from a spinal injury sustained when his Air Force fighter crashed. The hospital was on the coast of California, and Francis spent weeks watching the shift and bloom of light on the Pacific, and its reflections on the ceiling-projected, as it were, on a blank canvas. Here Francis discovered a motif to which he would constantly return: the specific qualities and the substantiality of light...
...suave, but tough Russian named Georgy Arbatov, who knows more about American politics than most Americans do and certainly more than any other Soviet citizen. A Communist Party Central Committee functionary with a doctorate in political science, Arbatov, 49, is now the Soviet Union's ranking America watcher...
These questions are at the core of a new book, President Nixon and the Press (Funk & Wagnalls; $6.95). Author James Keogh, 55, a journalist and Nixon watcher of rich experience, wrote This Is Nixon in 1956. He was TIME'S executive editor before joining the Nixon campaign in 1968 and then for two years he was the White House assistant in charge of the research and writing staff. Afforded an excellent view of both sides of the fence, Keogh has written what amounts to the latest installment of the President's brief in the argument. In fact...
...restless youth, who seem to be coming to the churches in greater numbers than they have for generations. The Spanish innovations are clearly in line with Vatican thinking. Indeed, some at the Holy See are concerned that the changes may be too slow. "Our big worry," says one Spain-watcher there, "is that evolution is not moving fast enough to avoid violent upheavals...
...hits like one. "He's a real sticker," says one scout, "with a nose for the ball. I'd compare him with Wil lie Lanier," star of the Kansas City Chiefs. Mark Arneson, Arizona, 6 ft. 2 in., 210 Ibs., is described by one pro talent watcher as "super quick, aggressive and a leader...