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This side of Browning's April, the Edwardian era was the best of times to be in England, especially if one was well heeled and of sportive bent. The nation basked in the golden autumn of Pax Britannica, with almost nothing to grouse about but the grouse (not enough of them). For Americans who could afford the fare, the country was the social and cultural equivalent of a well-stuffed hamper from Fortnum & Mason. So is Mr. American, a splendidly entertaining English adventure novel of the old school...
...format. Advertisers normally buy nine minutes of air time to discuss their product or explain how it works. This week Revlon will tape its first informercial, which demonstrates how to give its Realistic Instant Styling permanents at home. Other advertisers on the show include Pillsbury, Mr. Coffee and Encyclopaedia Britannica...
CHICAGO--The Benton Foundation, owner and publisher of the Encyclopedia Britannica, announced this week it will donate all of its stock in the encyclopedia to the University of Chicago...
...University of Chicago has had close connections with the Benton Foundation since 1943, when the late William Benton, who also served as a United States senator from Connecticut, left his position as vice president at the university to head Britannica...
...most Western nations. Some observers suspect that the new campaign against crime is part of a broader movement to restore law-and-order that also includes the recent crackdown on China's tiny dissident movement. Last week Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, talking to a delegation from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, defended the stiff 15-year sentence meted out six weeks ago to Human Rights Activist Wei Jingsheng on the ground that "we needed to make an example of him." At the same time, the centerpiece of the human rights movement, Peking's famed "democracy wall," came under official attack...