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Corzo notes that the artisans who labored in the tomb three millenniums ago left unexpected evidence of their fallibility. The rows of stars in the funerary ceiling were kept straight by strings stretched from wall to wall. In the sarcophagus chamber, conservators discovered a row of fingerprints left along a string line by a careless craftsman. In one corner, a contractor had scratched in hieroglyphics his accounting of work completed. And on one pillar, Nefertari's flesh-toned cheek is splotched with blue ceiling paint. Could it be that she died before the tomb was completed and the artisans...
...Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver began to fade during the '60s, but it didn't really end until 1971, when All in the Family presented a more realistic, unsentimental picture of family life than TV ever had before. That ground-breaking series gave rise to a string of untraditional TV families, from Maude (who defied the conventions of TV momdom by having an abortion) and One Day at a Time (a single mother, her two teenage daughters and lots of talk about sex) to such '80s sitcoms as Kate & Allie and My Two Dads...
...women presidents] have had to work harder in a way that the long string of male presidents haven't," Parker says...
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT THE sumptuous Ritz-Carlton hotel in seaside Laguna Niguel, Calif., a string quartet played Bach as 157 men in black tie -- and three elegantly dressed women -- gathered around a long banquet table to indulge in their shared passion. Among them were company presidents, politicians, entertainment celebrities and Marine Corps generals. The champagne, lobster ravioli, rare filet mignon and ripe cheeses they savored were but pleasant distractions from the evening's true purpose. Sealed from the hotel lobby and society's opprobrium beyond, these "lovers of the leaf" were happily turning the air blue with the smoke...
After eight seasons on the air, The Cosby Show seems ready for retirement. It was quite a run. A hit immediately upon its debut on NBC in September 1984, the show had an amazing string of four straight years as TV's top-rated series. During its peak season (1986-87), it was watched in 34.9% of all TV homes in the country. (This season's No. 1 show, 60 Minutes, could manage only 21.9%.) It sparked a revival of the domestic sitcom, a genre that had fallen into disrepair. (Fittingly, several other long-running comedies of the same generation...