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DIED. ALICE TRILLIN, 63, wry, influential author and educational-TV producer; from heart failure relating to treatment for lung cancer; in New York City. Trillin's frequent writings on cancer included a 1981 article on the relationship between patients and their doctors that is still used in medical schools. Widely known as a muse for her husband, humorist and TIME contributor Calvin Trillin--in whose works she often appears as a voice of wisdom and reason--Alice Trillin also co-founded the innovative PBS show Behind the Scenes, featuring Penn and Teller, designed to teach preteens about creativity...
...which I have finally learned always sounds a lot better than it turns out. Besides, I'm not photogenic (see last week's issue, page 8). That's why TIME uses a drawing in the middle of this column instead of a picture. You cannot imagine how hideous Calvin Trillin...
...retrospect, I overreacted. When the Cedar Rapids Kernels offered to let me throw out a first pitch, I shouldn't have run by the editors' offices yelling "I bet your precious Calvin Trillin has never thrown out a first pitch!" I called my new favorite minor-league team immediately and accepted, drunk on my own power and assuming Cedar Rapids wasn't really far away. It is. From anywhere...
...Calvin Trillin's commentary "Eau d'Odor," about the French and their attitude toward personal hygiene and body odor [NOTEBOOK, Feb. 15], made me think of the anecdote about Samuel Johnson, who was more fastidious about his language than his hygiene. "Mr. Johnson, you smell," said his female companion. "No, madam," he replied. "You smell, I stink." TOM MACKIN Bedminster...
...NAME SPEAKERS INCLUDE... Alex Cockburn, Jim Hightower, Christopher Hitchens, Molly Ivins, George McGovern, Katha Pollitt, Calvin Trillin...