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...appears that Sylvia took to heart every bit of propaganda ever put out by the Protestant ethic, college deans of admission and the slick fashion magazines of the '50s. In addition to grinding out straight A's and submitting potboilers to True, "to keep our pot of caviar boiling," she wanted desperately to be "well-rounded." Thus during weekends at Yale or Princeton Sylvia undertook her blind-date excursions cheerfully, and tried to include them in her mother's vicarious life. "Picture me then," she gloats, "in my navy-blue bolero suit and versatile brown coat, snuggled...
...Hotels still have caviar and Portuguese wine in stock, but basics are in short supply. Breadlines form at 4 a.m. at the few bakeries still open, and the city is out of soft drinks and beer by noon every day. Most of the stores are padlocked and shuttered. Foreign newsmen have been rousted out of bed at 4 a.m. for identity checks, and several were detained temporarily. Some 70 other foreign civilians have reportedly also been arrested...
...works, Excursions, a lusty frontier-style piece, and Mazurka, to Chopin's music, are his most popular premieres since his 1969 ballroom ballet, Intermezzo. Mazurka is technically ferocious. But, says Feld, "with its angular line and hot and cold jazz rhythms, the ballet is like caviar...
IRAN: Oil revenues have fallen from $20 billion last year to $16 billion in 1975, forcing the government to cut spending on roads, urban and rural development programs and other projects. Gray royal caviar has disappeared from the menus of some ministry luncheons, and the guest lists at glittering state dinners have been cut in half. But the military remains untouched; it received $11.8 billion this year, and recently bought 80 U.S. F-14 fighters...
...replaced. Then one U.S. star (James Coco) dropped out for gall-bladder surgery and another (Elizabeth Taylor) fled to a London hospital suffering from amoebic dysentery. Last week everything seemed back in focus as members of the crews and cast gathered at the Leningrad Hotel for a buffet of caviar and vodka. The hostess? The completely recovered Elizabeth Taylor, who displayed a previously unexploited talent for diplomacy. Said she: "If another opportunity comes up to be in a Soviet-American coproduction, I'll be pleased to accept the proposal...