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page 6 March 29,2000___________________ Focus #__________________ ® (ß h e e ru e r On theTube The American President, an epic 10-part series Roosevelt’s family was, of course, prominent in New York politics and included two-time president C O NTR IB UTED STORY Theodore Roosevelt. for T i n P ortland O bserver John F. Kennedy’s father THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, was a prominent bootlegger and the epic ten-part series that tells the businessman who groomed his sons stories of al I forty-one of America’s for political power, founding a large chief executives, will premiere and frequently star-crossed dynasty. The second program that Sunday, April 9, 2000, 9-11 pm. (ET) with two one-hour programs will be seen Sunday evening, presented under the umbrella title, “Happenstance,” explores what happens when a vice president “A Matter of Destiny.” THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT is assumes the Oval Office upon the death o f his a co-production running mate. The of K unhardt Colin Powell only show to Productions, Inc. profile five nation intact despite the growing and T hirteen/ and irrevocable rift over slavery, p re s id e n ts , WNET New “Happenstance” but when he left office, the nation York and is opens w ith the was closer to civil war. presented on PBS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT is story o f John by T hirteen/ Tyler, who, upon narrated by Hugh Sidey, Time WNET. The the death o f magazine’s White House reporter series was for four decades. S cholarly W illiam Henry written, produced Harrison, took the com m entary is provided by and directed by Harvard’s Richard E. Neustadt, oath ofoffice-and Philip B. whom Arthur Schlesinger has called set the precedent Kundhardt, Jr., “our most brilliant commentator on that has been Philip B. the presidency.” follow ed ever Kunhardt III, and A companion volume to the series, since, insisting that Peter W. President Bill Clinton also called THE AMERICAN he was the Kunhardt. The PRESIDENT, has been published president in every sense, not the executive producers are Peter W. by Riverhead Books. The volume Kunhardt and William R. Grant. acting president, and serving the has been singled out for praise by The series’ sole underwriter is New remainder of the term. His steely many historians and was a main resolve and competence carried the York Life Insurance Company. selection of the Book-of-the-Month The series will air in two-hour day, helping to ensure the orderly increments on five consecutive tran sfer o f nights. Each of the programs profiles p o w e r . four (or, in one case, five) presidents M i l l a r d who are 1 inked by a common theme, Fillmore, who from and each o f the five evenings rose presents two programs, further poverty to the linked by an umbrella theme. The v i c e programs seen as "A Matter of p re s id e n c y , Destiny” on premiere night, Sunday, found himself April 9 are “Family Ties” and ignored by the “Happenstance.” “Family Ties” p r e s i d e n t , profiles four presidents who were Z a c h a r y scions o f prominent American Taylor. As political families. The prickly, p r e s i d e n t , independent John Quincy Adams Fillmore tried was the son of America’s second to keep the president, John A d a m s . B e n ja m in H arrison, a notably chilly individual who was nicknamed “the human iceburg,” wasthe grandson of William Henry Harrison, a fact he never bothered to mention during ©1999, American Heart Association his cam paign. Jacqueline Kennedy Franklin Delano Club. The centerpiece of the educational outreach effort is a Web site to which more than 1,400 American school teachers have contributed, www.americanpresident.org. American Heart Association Warning Signs of Heart Attack F ig h tin g H e a r t D is e a s e a n d S tro k e When heart attack occurs, every minute counts. Don’t wait. Get help fast. • Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest lasting more than a few minutes. • Pain may spread to the shoulders, neck or arms. • Chest discomfort with light headedness, fainting, sweating, nausea or shortness of breath may also occur. Sometimes these symptoms go away and then return. Take them seriously, and get medical help.
