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In public, Christopher Reeve usually played the stoic, silently enduring the indignities of paralysis. In private, he was more candid. He had vowed, shortly after the 1995 horseback-riding injury that left him a quadriplegic, that he would walk again by his 50th birthday. That milestone came--and went--in 2002. "I'm tired of being noble," he confessed shortly afterward in a long conversation with TIME. "I try to go about this with as much dignity as I can, but not a day goes by when I don't make some effort to get out of this situation...
...Alban's held its 50th anniversary party in July. A good time was reportedly had. A few Holy Crossers showed up, although Beach was on vacation with his family, so he didn't. Bishop Alexander attended, though, and during his remarks pointedly observed that the congregation had returned the word Episcopal, which Beach had removed, to its church sign. Most of his listeners applauded. Some did not. In a situation like this, such moments are to be expected. Again and again and again. --With reporting by Helen Gibson/London
...Hawaii's Self-Starter Hawaii's Hiram Leong Fong [MILESTONES, Aug. 30] had a long political career that began in 1938, when he served in the House of Representatives for the Territory of Hawaii. When Hawaii became the U.S.'s 50th state on Aug. 21, 1959, Fong won a Senate seat. TIME described his background in an Aug. 10, 1959, article...
...JINTAO, China's President, on the 50th anniversary of China's legislature, referring to Western-style democracy...
...film shows, these men have put together what amounts to an informal extended family, available in good times and bad. When Shapiro and West were in New York City last spring for Seinfeld's 50th birthday, they hired a car and driver, loaded up on deli goodies and went to visit the ailing Liss in the Bronx's Riverdale section. Liss died in May, and the PBS telecast is dedicated to "the life and laughter of Elliott Liss." Much as the boys came up with some of the money a few years ago for Los Angeles--based actor and screenwriter...