Word: astrakhans
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Even one of Nasser's enemies in the Arab world-the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan-showed signs last week of being discreetly available. In his stone Basman Palace in Amman, guarded by Circassian troopers in astrakhan hats, Jordan's King Hussein deftly shifted Prime Ministers. Out went muscular Wasfi Tal, 43, an efficient but Nasser-hating administrator. In came Jordan's "man of crises,'' five-time Prime Minister Samir Rifai, 62, who has been campaigning in recent months for more democracy inside Jordan and an end to antagonism against Nasser...
...quiet afternoon at Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin when suddenly a convoy of official cars raced up to the Wall from the Communist sector of the city. Out swarmed dozens of Russian security men around a familiar portly figure decked out in a black astrakhan cap and grey overcoat. It was Nikita Khrushchev all right, and he promptly proceeded to give one of his impromptu theatrical performances. Grinning broadly, he mugged for photographers, gaily waved a pudgy finger at the barbed wire and steel barrier, then ambled over for a chat with a busload of astonished Italian newsmen. Asking...
...English some acquaintance at another table. In Newport his batonlike index finger waves to the accompaniment of an avalanche of talk, which is usually about Maxim Karolik. In both places he is like a character out of an old Russian novel-a tall, exuberant figure with a penchant for astrakhan-collared coats or pea jackets with mink collars and cuffs. "In Newport,'' he says in a typical Karolik maxim, "I am prominent. In Boston, I am important...
...exposed to capitalism, they might as well get it all in one fell swoop," said Mrs. Kean. No one went hungry at Mrs. Kean's swoop. She lives in a 15-room duplex apartment that covers the entire top of the Hotel Westbury like a two-acre astrakhan hat. She had Russian-speaking waiters up there passing champagne and beef Stroganoff on sterling silver platters. She had Henry Fonda, Robert Preston. Jerome Robbins, Gene Kelly. She had jazzman Ted Straeter, with a five-piece band. The young people of the Bolshoi loved every minute of it. When Straeter flooded...
...styles are naturally squatter, and masculine. A big seller is the cuffless Macmillan (also known as the Ambassador and the Astrakhan), though men can choose from the cuffed Alaskan (also known as the Troika and the Stockholm) and the round Pillbox (also known as the Detroit and the Arctic...