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...strike settlement was related to a four-party political deal that had spawned a new government headed by Christian Democratic Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani. Last week, drawing a comfortable majority of 52 in a parliamentary vote of confidence, Forlani was formally installed as head of Italy's 40th postwar Cabinet...
...surgery for hemorrhoids on the off-day between games, started the homecoming with a towering first-inning home run. But the Phillies tied the game their next turn at bat. Twice again the Royals scratched out a one-run lead; twice again Philadelphia responded in kind. For only the 40th time in 453 World Series games, play went into extra innings. With a full house of noisy fans on their feet for the duration of the tenth inning, the Royals pushed across the winning run at last. With two men on base, Philadelphia Relief Pitcher Tug McGraw walked Brett, preferring...
...away for the past decade or so could describe it sight unseen. Bobby Lee Burnett (Bruce Dem) prospers building taco stands. His wife ( Ann-Margret) is driving him slightly bananas, but she is pleasant enough beneath her Southern accent and her kittenish sexual ways. Bur nett has his 40th birthday and, having received his Betamax, wonders if that is all life has to offer. Next thing he knows he has bought a Porsche, had an affair with a Dallas Cowgirl and told off his best client...
...late bloomer," confesses Raquel Welch on the eve of her 40th birthday. "My mind and my experience have caught up to my body. I feel proud of the way I look, the way I feel. Who could have a better life?" Who indeed! To celebrate the sweetness of midlife, the sex kitten of the '60s posed for a series of birthday portraits by celebrated Fashion Photographer Victor Skrebneski. The pictures went on display last week at the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago, her birthplace. "They are beautiful, just extraordinary," said Raquel. "That's why I chose to drop...
...year, 30 or 40 people were fired for such things as inattentiveness to a particular note." Some musicians concede, however, that the modern union contract, which often guarantees 52 weeks of employment, creates a debilitating schedule. Says a New York Philharmonic string player: "If you're into the 40th week of the season and some conductor arrives fresh as a daisy, you can't expect 110 overworked people to have the same gleam in the eye that he does...