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...special interest, perhaps, is a certain Aldo who preserves the celebrity faces of the current television season, along with other worthies, in paint on little flat rocks. He calls it "rock-art," and among the offerings we found that afternoon were Gerald R. Ford, Ed Asner, the gruff editor of Mary Tyler Moore fame, a rock with Mike on it (Douglas, that is), Merv (Griffin), even one with Pat Mitchell (I know who she is but I'm not sure what to call whatever it is that she does). Even Mary Hartman was preserved on stone. The only face missing...
...Aldo had captured Al's countenance, it would have been something like this: a thinning silver-covered pate with remnants of the original black peeking out from beneath, all of it swept back along an unusually neat part; a smooth unflappable brow, something a gambler might try to cultivate (you cannot tell when he's riled or when a political card is up his sleeve by reading this brow); unremarkable eyebrows and ears; something of a potato nose; and the eyes of a predator bird...
...Aldo would have had a terrible time capturing the mouth, I am sure. Within an arc of less than, say, 30 degrees, that mouth can convey every important feeling in the politician's guidebook. At the top of the arc, there is a smile that fairly breathes a grandfatherly benevolence. A shade below that, there's an omni-purpose politician's grin. At the middle of the arc, Al's smile turns into a squarely set, unrehearsed-looking deadpan, suitable for framing and hanging in a standup comics' Hall of Fame. And at the bottom of the arc, there...
...Senate subcommittee report were leaked last April, they referred to an Italian Premier (code-named Antelope Cobbler in various memorandums) who allegedly received payoffs from Lockheed between 1965 and 1969. Speculation about his identity centered on three former Christian Democratic Premiers: Giovanni Leone (now President of Italy), Aldo Moro and Mariano Rumor, all of whom denied any involvement. The allegations remained unsubstantiated. Then last week the Italian leftist weekly L'Espresso published three documents purportedly showing that Lockheed intended to pay $43,000 in bribes to current Premier Giulio Andreotti. The immediate public and press response was suspicion that...
More reports, fresh frissons: a New Jersey truck driver, Richard Wells of Turnersville, was hospitalized with severe fever and other symptoms of the unknown illness; so was Aldo Provenzano, 46, of Cherry Hill, N.J. Wells had delivered food to one of the hotels where Legionnaires stayed during the convention; Provenzano works in Philadelphia and had lunch in at least one restaurant patronized by Legionnaires. A New York State couple who attended the convention had to be hospitalized. A hot line set up by Philadelphia city officials to handle requests for information logged up to 400 calls an hour...