NEWS LITE : TAYLOR TELLS LIFE ABOUT TUMOR SCARE.Elizabeth Taylor let Life magazine take pictures of her shaved head and seven-inch scar after she had brain surgery to remove a tumor. The actress-activist appears on the cover of the magazine's April issue. ``It began with headaches,'' Taylor, 65, writes in Life. ``I had them for several months - from before the holidays - and then there were odd little lapses of memory. I also started dropping things.'' When, one day in February, she couldn't figure out how to use the telephone, she screamed. Next day, she was told she had a brain tumor. Taylor was terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. the surgery would kill her or leave her a vegetable. So before she went into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as in Los Angeles, she rewrote her will to make sure her canine companion, Sugar, would be provided for. Afterward, she couldn't use a spoon or fork with her right hand, and her shaved head was swollen. But she pledged to live life to the fullest. And, she plans to let her hair grow out white. ``I've still got a lot of living left to do. It's not over. The Fat Lady has not sung,'' Taylor writes. A glutton's life for me Disneyland reopens `Caribbean' ride The old salts are now distinctly low-sodium. Disneyland's newly tactful ``Pirates of the Caribbean'' reopened Friday with buccaneers Buccaneers can refer to:
intr.v. han·kered, han·ker·ing, han·kers To have a strong, often restless desire. [Perhaps from Dutch dialectal hankeren; see konk- in Indo-European roots. for food more than for wenches. Traditionalists need not fear, however: Lust has been tamed, but floating tourists still get eyefuls of gluttony Gluttony See also Greed. Belch, Sir Toby gluttonous and lascivious fop. [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night] Biggers, Jack one of the best known “feeders” of eighteenth-century England. [Br. Hist. , greed and the other deadly sins. Closed two months for technical and social modernization, the ride - the last Walt Disney worked on before his death in 1966 - was reopened Friday in a ceremony honoring 18 of the original builders, most of them present. Is the result P.C. on the high seas? ``There is very little that is politically correct about `Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean ,' '' said Disneyland President Paul Pressler. ``In fact, in order to be politically correct, we would probably have to close down the whole ride.'' Gone is the pirate figure who used to brandish bran·dish tr.v. bran·dished, bran·dish·ing, bran·dish·es 1. To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly. 2. To display ostentatiously. See Synonyms at flourish. n. a piece of lace, obviously boasting about a sexual conquest. Gone is a woman who hid in bushes, cowering cow·er intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers To cringe in fear. [Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin.] from drunken buccaneers. A pirate still chases a woman, but she now carries a plate of food and drink. In the sacked town, a woman with a rolling pin chases a pirate who filched a ham. But there's still a bit of nudge and wink: ``Take a wench for a bride,'' reads the sign of an auctioneer, seen as riders enter a ravished RAVISHED, pleadings. In indictments for rape, this technical word must be introduced, for no other word, nor any circumlocution, will answer the purpose. The defendant should be charged with having "feloniously ravished" the prosecutrix, or woman mentioned in the indictment. Bac. Ab. waterside city. It, like most of the ride, isn't in Disneyland at all, but under a nondescript industrial warehouse just outside. The pirates haven't changed their tune, either, bellowing ``Yo Ho,'' the song written for them 30 years ago:``We pillage PILLAGE. The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enemy. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. , plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho,'' they sing. ``We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Verb 1. give a hoot - show no concern or interest; always used in the negative; "I don't give a hoot"; "She doesn't give a damn about her job" care a hang, give a damn, give a hang . Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.'' NAMES in the NEWS Carrie Fisher to pen Oscars Actress, novelist and screenwriter Carrie Fisher has been named to the writing team for the 69th Academy Awards, it was announced Friday in Beverly Hills. Producer Gilbert Cates called Fisher ``one of the wittiest writers in town'' and said ``the fact that she also is an accomplished actress and producer gives her a perspective on Hollywood that will be great for the show.'' Fisher has received renewed attention in recent weeks for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the ``Star Wars'' trilogy, which is being rereleased by 20th Century Fox. She has also appeared in ``Shampoo,'' ``The Blues Brothers,'' ``Hannah and Her Sisters,'' ``Soap Dish'' and ``When Harry Met Sally,'' among other films. Fisher's first novel was ``Postcards From the Edge Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted, by Fisher herself, into a motion picture directed by Mike Nichols which was released by Columbia Pictures in 1990. ,'' which she later adapted into a screenplay for the movie starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine. She also penned the screenplay for the upcoming film based on her second book, ``Surrender the Pink Surrender the Pink is a romance novel by actress and author Carrie Fisher that was published in 1990. The title term, surrender the pink, is a colloquialism pertaining to male sexual advances to a female. It comes from the phrase, "They're all pink on the inside. ,'' and has been called in to rework other writers' scripts. Ex-first lady bids Gannett Co. adieu Rosalynn Carter says turning 70 has its drawbacks - for one, less time to spend on the board of directors of Gannett Co. The former first lady, whose birthday is Aug. 18, said she recently resigned from the board because she needs time to finish her book, not because of the Detroit Newspapers strike. ``I'm supposed to have this book in by the first of June. When things kind of pile on like that, I start cutting down,'' Carter was quoted as saying in Friday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gannett owns the Detroit News, which has been affected along with Knight-Ridder's Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. by a labor dispute that dragged on for months. Larry King jabbed by Cupid's arrow Oh, boy, Larry King is smitten - again! In the two months since the six-times wed King, 63, met Shawn Southwick, 37, he has sent her eight humongous jars of maraschino cherries, oodles of Gummi Bears and a crate of stone crabs. ``Larry is a madman,'' Southwick laughed. ``There has not been a day that there hasn't been a delivery. . . . He's so sweet. He's like a little boy.'' King calls her ``an infomercial goddess'' - she sells Luxurious Hair, clip-on hair extensions. Says he: ``She invented it with Priscilla Presley. It's like a bun, and it goes on the back of your head and it makes it look like you have a lot more hair - it's a hair extension. Made a fortune!'' CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Elizabeth Taylor: Writes of surgery (2) Disneyland's ``Pirates of the Caribbean'' has been updated, so that a villain chases a woman for a platter of food, back right, not lust. (3) FISHER (4) CARTER |
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