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Star Wars spawned a whole new breed of toy--the "action figure"--with its enormous success half a decade ago; though Raiders of the Lost Ark didn't produce much in the way of statuary, there are still plenty of little dolls from other movies littering the shelves. "I don't think we'll ever get rid of our Empire Strikes Back stuff," one despairing salewoman said as she clutched Lobot and Ugnaught...
...Muscular and intelligent, plain or tabby-patterned, it is to most people the essence of the feline, a cat-cat, the kind that shows up for breakfast and moves in with the children. In the purebred version, shorthair kittens cost $300 to $500. The Egyptian Man, a fairly new breed, is extremely rare-a mere 51 are C.F.A.-registered. The only spotted domestic in existence (in pewter or bronze for high-tech décor), the usually aloof Mau favors water and often surprises owners by joining them in the tub. The quiet Korat from ancient Siam...
...consumes sports cars." Hodges also believes that women make a positive contribution in the classroom, both because they add to the diversity of viewpoints and, he says, because they tend to take their schoolwork more seriously than men. Hampden-Sydney Junior Tom Robinson agrees: "All-male schools breed bigots and chauvinists...
...quite different men are in thrall to it in this tragicomic drama and bonded to each other in something resembling a love-hate relationship. Sir (Paul Rogers), who is called only that, is the last of a dying breed of British actor-managers who tour the provinces paying flawed but fervent fealty to Shakespeare. The time is 1942 in bomb-blasted England, and the war has depleted Sir's resources to an extremely tatty troupe: "I'm reduced to old men, cripples and Nancy-boys. Herr Hitler has made it very difficult for Shakespearean companies...
Above all, new events, new conditions, will impose new judgments. A greater awareness of the stubbornness of some of the national problems, of the tendency of so many solutions to breed new problems, can lead to a kindly view of those Presidents who, all in all, leave things slightly better or at least no worse than they found them. But it takes decades before it can be certified that this was indeed the effect of somebody's presidency...