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...they reach New York. The current singing sensation is Osamu Minagawa, a Tokyo six-year-old whose recording of something called Kuro Neko No Tango (Black Cat Tango) has sold 2,000.000 records, mostly on the basis of his imitation of a mewing cat. Baseball has been booming since Babe Ruth's visit 35 years ago, but now there are also booms in skiing, golf and gambling; wagers on horse, auto and hydroplane races totaled $3 billion last year...
Halston's tie-dyed young and not so young include Actress Ali MacGraw, Best-Dresser Babe Paley, Vogue Editor Robin Butler and Model Naomi Sims. Film Star Liza Minnelli has commissioned Halston to dress her in tie-dye for her Waldorf opening next month...
...release just before Christmas seemed to gladden every heart, and the newspapers were full of nostalgia about the man once known as "the Babe Ruth of bank robbers." After 17 years of New York's Attica State Prison (and a lifetime total of more than 35 years in jail), Willie ("The Actor") Sutton, a tired, sick old man of 68, was ready with some wistful reminiscing of his own. "People don't seem to want to work hard for anything any more," said Willie. "Years ago, cons used to approach me in various prison yards...
...group at its best, integrating creative solos and complex subordinate lines without verbosity, repetition, or loss of outline. "Heartbreaker" takes its place with "How Many More Times" as a genial yet cynical song about the sumptuous and toxic banquet of credulous infatuation. "Ramble On" is the structural successor to "Babe I'm Going to Leave You," in which several sections are unified by Plant's masterful use of slight dynamic and tempo adjustments. "Ramble On," perhaps Led Zeppelin Il's finest song, also affords a good illustration of the group's use of several guitar timbres in order to avoid...
...newspaper publisher who brought the grand old game of besuboru to his homeland; of a heart attack; in Tokyo. In 1924, Shoriki purchased the dying Tokyo daily Yomiuri (circ. 40,000) and as a promotional gimmick sponsored visits by American baseball teams featuring such stars as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. The tours were overwhelming successes, and the game soon became as popular in Japan as in the U.S. Today, Yomiuri's circulation is 5.1 million, in no small part because of the thoroughness of its baseball coverage...