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...more than 36. Three weeks ago, a thief cut one of those precious 36 out of its frame in Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts, where it was on loan from Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. The place was closed for the night, four guards were on duty, but the burglar managed to roll up the painting and scramble down over a balcony. Roll up a Vermeer? Those surfaces cracked? The very thought is agonizing...
...weapon larger than an insult. Nevertheless, in accordance with the rules of soft-core pornography, he attempts to be Casanova in Jockey shorts. On the trail of an anonymous killer, Jake samples a smorgasbord of tarts, including a Lib wom-mannekin (Pamela Gruen) with the voice of a burglar, some spaced-out chippies and hookers of various hues...
...wholly irresponsible country that does not care about peace." In the White House, John Kennedy quickly agreed to New Delhi's urgent request for U.S. arms. Explained Phillips Talbot, Kennedy's Assistant Secretary of State: "We are helping a friend whose attic has been entered by a burglar." Exactly 32 days later, the border crisis ended as abruptly as it began, when Peking declared a unilateral ceasefire...
Punitive Expedition. Had the burglar been frightened off? Not at all, according to Australian Journalist Neville Maxwell, the London Times correspondent in New Delhi from 1959 to 1967. In India's China War, published in the U.S. last month, Maxwell argues that the real felon in 1962 was not China but India. Though world opinion sided instinctively with New Delhi at the time...
Home-security firms usually affix seals on the windows or doors of their clients' homes to warn would-be prowlers. Householders unable to afford central-station service can buy security seals. "Scare off a burglar" urges an ad for stickers for a nonexistent Federal Detection Alarm System. Price: 40 for $5. More sophisticated hucksters covertly peddle reasonable facsimiles of the decals of reputable firms, including Holmes Electric Protective Co. The fakes cost $100 or more...