Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...altarpieces are the work of a man who was dramatist as well as sculptor. His figures, like actors in a play, take life from each other. When a climax comes, as in the Assumption (see color) the scene bursts with sudden passion. The wooden eyes fill with wonder, and the apostles' faces soundlessly proclaim their unforgettable experience of agony...
...estimated 24.5 million in 1980. A man or woman of 65 now can expect to live more than a dozen years; one in four will live a score or more years. As people grow older, they become more susceptible to chronic, expensive illnesses. The wonder drugs and radical surgery that add years to lives can alleviate many of the ailments of age, but not cure them...
...longtime (1937-55) president of the Detroit Pipefitters' Local 636, led his Senate subcommittee on aging into eight major cities across the land for well-publicized hearings. It was helped again when Tennessee's Estes Kefauver caught headlines with his hearings on the high cost of wonder drugs (TIME, Dec. 21). From coast to coast, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. staged foot-stomping rallies of aged unionists. The slogan: pass the Forand bill. The unions also mounted a vigorous write-your-Congressmen campaign. The Forand bill has drawn far more mail than civil rights, much of it clearly...
...visit to the Middle East dined with Qatar's Sheik Ahmed (he thoughtfully brought along a rocking horse for the sheik's son), conferred with Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa, was received by the Prime Minister of the Sudan. Says Managing Director Fred Stephens: "You always wonder what kind of visa John will pull out of his pocket...
Dowling refused to go into his father's firm ("If you do anything good, people say, 'No wonder; his old man's head of the office' "), instead, worked in a handful of real-estate companies, specialized in redeveloping slum areas, became a self-taught expert. By 1943, when his father died, leaving him stock control (now 25%) of City Investing. Dowling had by then already made a name for himself...