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...Rubin's career-one which, in recent years, produced MOMA's great shows of Picasso and late Cezanne. It involved close detective work in ferreting out not just the general kinds of tribal objects artists were looking at but, in many cases, the art itself; and its catalog, written by a strong team of art historians headed by Rubin and Kirk Varnedoe, is detailed and readable, opening a new phase in the study of its subject...
...staid British publishers of Jane's Fighting Ships have added a new and somewhat ominous catalog to their authoritative line of reference books: Jane's Spaceflight Directory. Explains Editor Reginald Turnill: "The sort of superpower pushing and shoving that we are familiar with down on earth is moving into space." The directory, released last week, claims that the Pentagon has, for some time, been training "a new breed of military astronauts." It also mentions reports-officially discounted by both sides- that the Soviets have already practiced "blinding" U.S. satellites with laser beams...
When South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan traveled to Tokyo last week on an unprecedented three-day state visit, one question hung over the proceedings: Would Emperor Hirohito, symbol to many Koreans of a catalog of Japanese misdeeds, apologize for the brutal annexation of Korea in 1910 and the savage measures imposed during World War II, when Japan deliberately starved the Korean people and dispatched more than 1 million to Japan as forced laborers? On the first evening of the visit, Hirohito cleared the air. "It is indeed regrettable that there was an unfortunate past between us for a period...
...Airfone's ground relay stations across the nation, one of which will automatically transfer the call to regular AT&T long lines. Callers will even be able to check in with their home answering machines for messages, talk to their stockbrokers and place orders with their favorite catalog houses. The charges, which will appear on the customer's monthly credit-card statement, are high-altitude: $7.50 for the first three minutes or less and $1.25 for each additional minute, regardless of distance...
After weeks of watching the Olympics, it was great to see Cheryl Tiegs just sitting there with the Sears catalog, not a muscle showing...