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...play opens, we see Shylock (Jon King)--in wheelchair, tuxedo and yarmulke--bounded off the dark stage by an enraged mob shouting "Kill the Jew." The lights go up to reveal an exquisite set, half of which is an elaborate nightclub (owned by Shylock, the program says), complete with bar and black-and-white checkered dance floor. The other half is Portia's plush, art-deco apartment. When the Keezers-clad cast breezes in, singing a hearty rendition of "Happy Days are Here Again," we are firmly placed in the '20s, when, we are to assume, everybody wore tuxedos...
HOSPITALIZED. George Wallace, 65, Alabama Governor who has been confined to a wheelchair since an assassination attempt in 1972; for treatment of a chronic urinary-tract infection, an ailment common among paraplegics; in University Hospital in Birmingham...
...seen a single picture of him on holiday. The mystery deepened last week: Chernenko did not appear at closing ceremonies of the Friendship '84 Games, despite expectations that he might. ABC News reported that Chernenko, who is said to suffer from emphysema, returned to Moscow in a wheelchair and may be undergoing medical treatment, but the item could not be confirmed...
...Rowell, 14, of Richardson, Texas, whose legs are crippled, carried the torch last week in a specially designed wheelchair. A local auto dealer had donated the money for his kilometer. "I pushed around my block four times-that's three miles-last night to get in shape," Jay said proudly...
...with their lives despite it. Such treatments, including exercise, whirlpool and massage, are particularly useful for back pain, which is often compounded by muscular weakness. Before Maureen Brennan, 37, of Helena, Mont., arrived at the Seattle pain clinic for treatment of her back problem, she was confined to a wheelchair and was spending $180 a week on narcotics, sleeping pills and antidepressants. An accident four years earlier had ruptured five discs in her spine. Seven operations had failed to relieve the pain, and her weight had dropped from 160 lbs. to 81. After Seattle's three-week program...