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...independence was launched by the late Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (TIME, March 26), and both East and West have been closely watching the words of his successor, Rumanian Party Boss Nicolae Ceausescu, to see whether he would try to slip his errant satellite back into more orthodox orbit. Ceausescu (pronounced Chow-shess-coo) delivered a ringing answer last week as delegates from 56 Communist parties around the world gathered in Bucharest for the Ninth Rumanian...
...rich cherry-red rug in his office, drives a red Dodge convertible and aspires to own a Jaguar sedan. A few times a year he takes his blonde wife Betty, whom he married for "irrelevant reasons," to New York for a round of Broadway shows and dinner at Lu-chow's. The Smiths subscribe to Gourmet, "the magazine we dream...
Pineapple pie-flavored serving ladies smile at jokes and quasi affectionate banter, but still give meager helpings of food. Even lavish compliments on the quality of the chow never clicit more than the two regulation eggs or one slice of London broil. These are the ladies whom the management has successfully intimidated. The presence of a man in a double-breasted suit behind the serving line often creates a whole row of pineapple pie-flavored ladies. The inveterate ones are usually either under 25 or over 80. They crave affection, but fear the whip...
Soon the timpani appeared for the first time. The kitchen staff walked into the dining room with dinner. Phil opened the window to let out the smell of chow mein and knocked Don Alfonso's sword off the window. One of the singers started and flubbed her line. Archie Epps hissed slightly...
McKinley's game had been sour all year: he was beaten in the semifinals at Wimbledon, in the quarters at the U.S. Nationals, was even talking about quitting to sell stocks. Ralston had been off his chow too-with blisters and a bad case of jitters. But U.S. Captain Vic Seixas figured that the porous clay courts at Cleveland's new, $75,000 tennis stadium would help the Americans; Aussies are used to grass, on which the ball tends to bounce flatter and faster. The theory looked good when McKinley beat Stolle...