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...painted in 1838 for Dr. Francis Howe in Westwood, Mass., are typical. Simple devices create perspective: the arc of a hill, an angled fence, the diminishing height of trees. The viewer feels that he has actually stepped into the landscape. Porter's murals customarily covered every square inch of the wall with a rustic version of trompe 1'oeil that prefigures William Harnett and John Peto. Doorways were incorporated into his overall composition by foliage or puffs of volcanic smoke painted around them. Wood graining and knots were repeated in the horizontals of tree limbs and clusters...
...near disaster. A surfing accident left Stockton with six cracked vertebrae, and for a while it was doubtful that he would be able to engage in any sport, much less championship golf. The back eventually healed, but he has had to avoid contact sports and now wears a half-inch lift in his left shoe. Because of his physical handicap, he could never become a powerhouse like Nicklaus and Palmer, booming out 300-yd. drives. "I'm strictly a popcorn hitter," he says. Yet he learned to keep his drives straight and developed a deadly accurate short game. There...
...shaken by a look at Communist-style repression and the police-state atmosphere. Crossing by train into the Soviet Union was "just incredible," according to Douglas Lempereur, 23. "Officials searched everything-purses, pockets, belts. They felt around our waists and examined all printed matter. They searched every inch of the train. Spotlights lit up the night and the guards carried machine guns." Entering Czechoslovakia was equally chilling for Barbara Alpern, 19. "The scene was straight out of James Bond. A squat old woman in an ill-fitting gray-green uniform charged through our bus searching everything. She confiscated a history...
...Angeles, the effect of Nixon's remarks on the Manson trial was instant and dramatic. While the Los Angeles Times came out the same afternoon with a four-inch headline reading MANSON GUILTY, NIXON DECLARES, Judge Charles Older went to great lengths to ensure that the jury, which has been sequestered since the trial began, would not learn of Nixon's remarks. The windows of the jury bus were whited over with Bon Ami so that no juror could glimpse the headline on street newsstands. If the jury discovered Nixon's verdict, the defense might have grounds...
...launch for the Potomac cruise to Mount Vernon. At the Smithsonian, she was intrigued by the astronaut space suits, and asked U.S. Moonman Neil Armstrong: "Is there a danger of a rip?" Replied the relaxed Armstrong: "The difference between eternity and life is about one one-hundredth of an inch of rubber...