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...Unwrap a Mummy. Getting new art works is half the fun. But Rorimer collects objects with objectivity. He did not blink at buying a couple of lumpy 10th century Persian ivory chess pieces for a four-figure price. They are not so pretty, but they are as scarce as pterodactyls' teeth. The Met prefers to buy what collectors do not favor. Not enough French impressionists and postimpressionists? Indeed, the museum has only 28 Degas, 26 Monets, 22 Renoirs, 16 Cézannes and seven Van Goghs. But that is because Rorimer is in no hurry...
...dream is always the same. The star calls in sick. With only a few moments' notice, the understudy, who has been anonymously hoofing away in the chorus, swallows her fears and bravely belts out the opening number. The hushed audience listens critically, pauses for a heart-stopping blink of a second, and then lustily roars its approval. Another star is born. Of course, everyone knows this has happened a hundred times. But just try naming two headliners who were born that...
...their offices just across from the White House, the President's hardworking economic advisers are expected to stay on the job until they see the lights blink off in Lyndon Johnson's Oval Room. Last week their lights burned even later than usual as the members of the Council of Economic Advisers grappled with a problem that deeply affects U.S. business: how to keep the economy expanding well into 1965. The council members-and many businessmen-are concerned about speculation that the economy is showing signs of age after its 45-month expansion, and that there is little...
...HALFBACKS: Gale Sayers, 21, Kansas, 6 ft., 195 Ibs., and Donny Anderson, 21, Texas Tech, 6 ft. 3 in., 207 Ibs. Sayers has gained 2,675 yds. in his three varsity seasons, and a scout put it this way: "He's quick, man, quick. Don't blink your eyes or you'll miss him." Anderson, a draft-eligible junior, gets the same raves: "Has superspeed with the power of a fullback and possesses that little extra elusiveness a great back needs. Something like the Vikings' Tommy Mason, but faster...
...black & white glare blink in the Inky air force night as the Helikopter rose straight up in the telephoto frame carying President Johnson toward the newsphoto White House...