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Benjamin Spock Rogers, Ark...
...Portsmouth Harbor last week, is among the ships the Royal Navy will lose. It has been sold for $315 million to Australia, which will take possession in 1983. But a brand-new replacement, the Illustrious, is going through its final sea trials, and a third carrier, the Ark Royal, is also under construction...
Another enchanting example of contemporary architecture is also religious-the 22-month-old Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Ark. It is one of the most popular and widely publicized of new American buildings. The secluded chapel, which seats about 130, won an award for excellence from the American Institute of Architects and was sought out last year by 120,000 visitors. Noting its striking qualities, the A.I. A. Journal says, "It is a building of great integrity...
...larger than a tall barn, it stands at the bend of a wooded trail, high in the Ozark Mountains. An almost transparent structure of mostly timber and glass, it seems to be one with the surrounding woods and rocks. The chapel's architect, E. Fay Jones of Fayetteville, Ark., who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright, describes it as a kind of reversal of gothic cathedral architecture. The trusses inside the structure form a repetitive, rhythmic lattice pattern as evocative as a Bach fugue...
...faddists, Americans are buying books, taking courses and exchanging gourmet gossip. The skill and zeal they display would have been impossible before the country became fascinated, for other reasons, with do-it-yourself health and haute cuisine. Says John Terry, consultant to the Allen Canning Company in Siloam Springs, Ark.: "The whole convenience idea-Just Heat, Then Serve-isn't as big now. More consumers are ready to do their own seasoning...