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...that his damaged heart was still pumping adequately. He napped two hours a day, then revived with a cold shower rigged for 80 lbs. of pressure per square inch over his enormous body-and great gulps of Cutty Sark Scotch. Ike went through a heart attack, ileitis and a stroke but seemed to grow in kindness and wisdom as if to counterbalance his physical deterioration. He was as effective when he finished as when he started, but he was nowhere near as vigorous, physically or mentally...
...including the Tony Award-winning The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955), then turned many of them into successful movies, and who was also responsible for the first appearances on Broadway of Play wrights Peter Shaffer (Five Finger Exercise, 1959) and Harold Pinter (The Caretaker, 1961); of a stroke; in New York City. Brisson was married for 35 years to Actress Rosalind Russell, until her death...
...captains row stroke and seven, with Doyle setting the cadence for the whole boat and Streeter for the starboard side. The two agree that their pairing works to the team's advantage...
...pledge to lower taxes. He could also say he was using tax reform to trim the budget deficit. It would be a bold strategy and one that might be fiercely opposed by taxpayers and special-interest groups who benefit from loopholes. But nothing less than a master stroke can ensure that the U.S. economy will not be overwhelmed by the mushrooming federal debt...
DIED. Walter Pidgeon, 87, urbane, courtly actor for half a century in Hollywood who dignified more than 100 films, most often as a reassuring and formidable gentleman; of a stroke; in Santa Monica, Calif. Born in Canada, Pidgeon reached his peak of popularity during the 1940s and '50s when he teamed with Greer Garson for eight films, most notably Mrs. Miniver, in which he movingly portrayed the staunch father of an English family whose lives are rent by World...